simplify: And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession, who were his enemies; While Israel doeth valiantly.

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


rate difficulty: `The sons of Merari, by their families, by the house of their fathers, thou dost number them;

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rate difficulty: Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens: They chased us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

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rate difficulty: And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee.

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

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simplify: yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

But I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.


simplify: All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

All these were listed under the names of their families, in the time of Jotham, king of Judah, and in the time of Jeroboam, king of Israel.


rate difficulty: And the Pharisees and Sadducees, coming to [him], asked him, tempting [him], to shew them a sign out of heaven.

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simplify: For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.

For the same reason, make payment of taxes; because the authority is God's servant, to take care of such things at all times.


simplify: So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.

So David overcame the Philistine with his leather band and a stone, wounding the Philistine and causing his death: but David had no sword in his hand.


rate difficulty: and the assembly shall rescue the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the assembly shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he had fled; and he shall abide in it until the death of the high-priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

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rate difficulty: And when he looketh on the plague, and behold, the plague is in the walls of the house, greenish or reddish hollows, and their look is deeper than the surface of the wall,

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simplify: And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

Going on a little further, he threw himself on his face in prayer. “My Father,” he said, “if it is possible, let me be spared this cup; only, not as I will, but as you will.”


rate difficulty: This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,

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rate difficulty: And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,

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rate difficulty: Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:

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rate difficulty: And having put to destruction seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them the land for their heritage for about four hundred and fifty years.

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rate difficulty: Of preachers two or three should speak, and the rest should weigh well what is said.

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rate difficulty: A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

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rate difficulty: As to Samaria, as the half of thy sins--she hath not sinned, And thou dost multiply thine abominations more than they, And dost justify thy sisters by all thy abominations that thou hast done.

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simplify: If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

sure that, when we have put it on, we will never be found discarnate.


simplify: Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Thou shalt not prophesy in the name of Jehovah, that thou die not by our hand;

So this is what the Lord of armies has said about the men of Anathoth who have made designs against your life, saying, You are not to be a prophet in the name of the Lord, or death will overtake you by our hands:


simplify: Yes, brother, may I have profit of thee in the Lord; refresh my bowels in the Lord;

Yes, friend, let me gain something from you because of your union with the Lord. Cheer my heart by your Christlike spirit.


rate difficulty: Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave white cloth, shall be confounded.

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simplify: Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.


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

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


simplify: Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.

Now she had men waiting secretly in the inner room; and she said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And the cords were broken by him as a twist of thread is broken when touched by a flame. So the secret of his strength did not come to light.


rate difficulty: Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine that I have mingled.

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simplify: and he came and took her by the hand, and raised her up; and the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.

And he came and took her by the hand, lifting her up; and she became well, and took care of their needs.


simplify: And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.

It will be farmed by workers of the town from all the tribes of Israel.


rate difficulty: And Bilhah Rachel's maidservant again conceived, and bore Jacob a second son.

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simplify: Behold, Jehovah thy God hath set the land before thee: go up, take possession, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath spoken unto thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.

See now, the Lord your God has put the land into your hands: go up and take it, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has said to you; have no fear and do not be troubled.


rate difficulty: And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

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rate difficulty: Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?

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simplify: This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

‘This is a people that honor me with their lips, While their hearts are far removed from me;


simplify: Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

Let your minds be changed, and do not have an evil opinion of me; yes, be changed, for my righteousness is still in me.


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

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


rate difficulty: Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;

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simplify: And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.

And he was nailed to the cross; and they made a division of his clothing among them, putting to the decision of chance what everyone was to take.


rate difficulty: Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.

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rate difficulty: And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.

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


rate difficulty: and houses full of all good things which thou hast not filled, and wells digged which thou hast not digged, vineyards and olive-yards which thou hast not planted, and thou hast eaten, and been satisfied;

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simplify: To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

to whom be ascribed all glory for ever and ever. Amen.


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, at the time of the turn of the year--at the time of the going out of the messengers--that Joab leadeth out the force of the host, and destroyeth the land of the sons of Ammon, and cometh in and beseigeth Rabbah--David is abiding in Jerusalem--and Joab smiteth Rabbah, and breaketh it down.

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


rate difficulty: When ye were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it;

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simplify: And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,

And Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak;


simplify: Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the Lord.

You will go after them in wrath, and put an end to them from under the heavens of the Lord.


simplify: and the land did help the woman, and the land did open its mouth and did swallow up the river, that the dragon did cast forth out of his mouth;

But Earth came to her help, and opened her mouth and drank up the river which the Dragon had poured out of its mouth.


simplify: Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.

So I will put an end to your evil ways and your loose behaviour which came from the land of Egypt: and your eyes will never be lifted up to them again, and you will have no more memory of Egypt.


simplify: If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.

If he said, All those in the flock which have marks are to be yours, then all the flock gave birth to marked young; and if he said, All the banded ones are to be yours, then all the flock had banded young.


simplify: And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house; and he let the men go, and they departed.

When he came to the hill, he took them from their hands, and put them away in the house; and he sent the men away, and they went.


simplify: And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the Lord.

And he said to the people, Go forward, circling the town, and let the armed men go before the ark of the Lord.


rate difficulty: And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

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rate difficulty: And when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having each one a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

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simplify: Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:

Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Synagogue of the Jews:


rate difficulty: And when all things have been put under him, then will the Son himself be under him who put all things under him, so that God may be all in all.

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rate difficulty: There is but one Lord, one faith, one baptism.


rate difficulty: for your obedience did reach to all; I rejoice, therefore, as regards you, and I wish you to be wise, indeed, as to the good, and harmless as to the evil;

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


rate difficulty: and Jesse begat his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,

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simplify: To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,

To give knowledge of salvation to his people, through the forgiveness of sins,


rate difficulty: But Paul said to them, Having beaten us publicly uncondemned, us who are Romans, they have cast us into prison, and now they thrust us out secretly? no, indeed, but let them come themselves and bring us out.

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rate difficulty: I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?


rate difficulty: Till the day doth break forth, And the shadows have fled away, I will get me unto the mountain of myrrh, And unto the hill of frankincense.

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rate difficulty: And has not given his money out at interest or taken great profits, and, turning his hand from evil-doing, has kept faith between man and man,

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simplify: At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.


simplify: But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.

But every man will be seated under his vine and under his fig-tree, and no one will be a cause of fear to them: for the mouth of the Lord of armies has said it.


simplify: And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;

The bases of the wall of the town had ornaments of all sorts of beautiful stones. The first base was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;


simplify: Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

It was God who saved us, and from him we received our solemn call — not as a reward for anything that we had done, but in fulfillment of his own loving purpose. For that love was extended to us, through Christ Jesus, before time began,


rate difficulty: But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

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


rate difficulty: And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest’s office: take one young bullock and two rams without blemish,

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simplify: when I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, that are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you. And I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread;

When I send on you the evil arrows of disease, causing destruction, which I will send to put an end to you; and, further, I will take away your necessary food.


simplify: The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

The men of Nineveh will come up in the day of judging and give their decision against this generation: because they were turned from their sins at the preaching of Jonah; and now a greater than Jonah is here.


rate difficulty: When they had gone some way from the house of Micah, the men from the houses near Micah's house came together and overtook the children of Dan,

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


simplify: Remember unto me, O my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.

Keep in mind, O my God, for my good, all I have done for this people.


simplify: Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.

Then Solomon put up a high place for Chemosh, the disgusting god of Moab, in the mountain before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the disgusting god worshipped by the children of Ammon.


simplify: But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.

But you, O mountains of Israel, will put out your branches and give your fruit to my people Israel; for they are ready to come.


simplify: And they offered him wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.

And they gave him wine mixed with myrrh; but he did not take it.


rate difficulty: The earth is sorrowing and wasting away; Lebanon is put to shame and has become waste; Sharon is like the Arabah; and in Bashan and Carmel the leaves are falling.

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


simplify: Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the poorest of the people, and the residue of the people that were left in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude.

Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, took away as prisoners the rest of the people who were still in the town, and those who had given themselves up to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the workmen.


rate difficulty: And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.

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


rate difficulty: I am a wall, and my breasts like towers; Then was I in his eyes as one that findeth peace.

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


rate difficulty: And Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

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rate difficulty: And they sailed down to the region of the Gadarenes, that is over-against Galilee,

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rate difficulty: And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not.

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simplify: But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;

But see that you keep to the teaching you have been given and the things of which you are certain, conscious of who has been your teacher;


simplify: This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

This Jesus God has given back to life, of which we all are witnesses.


simplify: And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

He will take your men-servants and your servant-girls, and the best of your oxen and your asses and put them to his work.


simplify: not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who know not God;

Not in the passion of evil desires, like the Gentiles, who have no knowledge of God;


simplify: And while they are living in Galilee, Jesus said to them, `The Son of Man is about to be delivered up to the hands of men,

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


rate difficulty: How goodly are thy tents, Jacob, and thy tabernacles, Israel!

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


rate difficulty: A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

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


simplify: and when the living creatures do give glory, and honour, and thanks, to Him who is sitting upon the throne, who is living to the ages of the ages,

And, whenever these Creatures give praise and honor and thanks to him who is ‘seated on the throne, to him who lives for ever and ever,’


rate difficulty: and they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war that are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.

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rate difficulty: And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.

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simplify: And the multitudes crowding together upon him, he began to say, `This generation is evil, a sign it doth seek after, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet,

As the crowds increased, Jesus began to speak: “This generation is a wicked generation. It is asking a sign, but no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah.


simplify: And it came to pass, at our sailing, having been parted from them, having run direct, we came to Coos, and the succeeding <FI>day<Fi> to Rhodes, and thence to Patara,

When we had torn ourselves away and had set sail, we ran before the wind to Cos; the next day we came to Rhodes, and from there to Patara,


simplify: Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.


simplify: And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.

But Jesus rebuked the demon. “Be silent! Come out from him,”he said. The demon flung the man down in the middle of the people, and then came out from him, without causing him further harm.


simplify: And Jehovah said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.

And the Lord said to me, Say to them, Do not go up to the attack; for I am not among you, and you will be overcome by those who are against you.


simplify: And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.

For the tribe of Dan by their families the seventh heritage came out;


simplify: But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more than five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy food for all this people.

But he said, Give them food yourselves. And they said, We have only five cakes of bread and two fishes, if we do not go and get food for all these people.


rate difficulty: And when they went out, they made a request that these words might be said to them again on the Sabbath after.

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simplify: But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

But with most of them God was not pleased: for they came to their end in the waste land.


rate difficulty: Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth–el, and there he spake with us;

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


simplify: And Asa cried unto Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, there is none besides thee to help, between the mighty and him that hath no strength: help us, O Jehovah our God; for we rely on thee, and in thy name are we come against this multitude. O Jehovah, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

And Asa made prayer to the Lord his God and said, Lord, you only are able to give help against the strong to him who has no strength; come to our help, O Lord our God, for our hope is in you, and in your name we have come out against this great army. O Lord, you are our God; let not man's power be greater than yours.


simplify: For whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto Jehovah: and because of these abominations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

For all who do such things are disgusting to the Lord; and because of these disgusting things the Lord your God is driving them out before you.


rate difficulty: All things have been given to me by my Father; and no one has knowledge of the Son, but the Father; and no one has knowledge of the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.

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rate difficulty: So the three bands all gave a loud note on their horns, and when the vessels had been broken, they took the flaming branches in their left hands, and the horns in their right hands ready for blowing, crying out, For the Lord and for Gideon.

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rate difficulty: Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.

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


simplify: I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The earth with its bars closed upon me for ever: Yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.

I went down to the bases of the mountains; as for the earth, her walls were about me for ever: but you have taken up my life from the underworld, O Lord my God.


simplify: The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

Again, those of you who are married men should live considerately with their wives, showing due regard to their sex, as physically weaker than their own, and not forgetting that they share with you in the gift of life. Then you will be able to pray without hindrance.


simplify: So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.

So Israel was turned away from the family of David to this day.


simplify: And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records.


simplify: And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

The angel brought his sickle down on the earth and gathered the fruit of the Vine of Earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.


simplify: And Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but Jehovah will be a refuge unto his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.

And the Lord will be thundering from Zion, and his voice will be sounding from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth will be shaking: but the Lord will be a breastplate for his people and a strong place for the children of Israel.


simplify: And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb:

Though he was nearly a hundred years old, yet his faith did not fail him, even when he thought of his own body, then utterly worn out, and remembered that Sarah was past bearing children.


simplify: Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.

Being sad most of all because he had said that they would not see his face again. And so they went with him to the ship.


simplify: The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.


simplify: and ye said, Behold, Jehovah our God hath showed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth speak with man, and he liveth.

And said, The Lord has let us see his glory and his power, and his voice has come to us out of the fire: today we have seen that a man may go on living even after hearing the voice of God.


simplify: and when they were come unto him, he said to them, `Ye--ye know from the first day in which I came to Asia, how, with you at all times I was;

and, when they came, he said to them: “You know well the life that I always led among you from the very first day that I set foot in Roman Asia,


rate difficulty: And Joshua did unto them as Jehovah bade him: he hocked their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.

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


simplify: And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.

And let him make the holy place free from whatever is unclean among the children of Israel and from their wrongdoing in all their sins; and let him do the same for the Tent of meeting, which has its place among an unclean people.


simplify: And looking round on them that sat round about him, he saith, Behold, my mother and my brethren!

And looking round at those who were seated about him, he said, See, my mother and my brothers!


simplify: and to God, even our Father, <FI>is<Fi> the glory--to the ages of the ages. Amen.

To him, our God and Father, be ascribed all glory for every and ever. Amen.


simplify: And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me.

Then Jacob said, You have seen what I have done for you, and how your cattle have done well under my care.


simplify: The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul:

The sons of Simeon: Nemuel and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;


simplify: Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

When it was full, they hauled it up on the beach, and sat down and sorted the good fish into baskets, but threw the worthless ones away.


simplify: For thou shalt be a witness for him unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and of what has come to your ears.


simplify: Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come unto this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.

For this cause the Lord says about the king of Assyria, He will not come into this town, or send an arrow against it; he will not come before it with arms, or put up an earthwork against it;


rate difficulty: This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.

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


rate difficulty: From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will overcome all those who are against you; and I will make you great and the head of a line of kings.

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


simplify: And a second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.


simplify: Then shall the trees of the wood sing for joy before Jehovah; For he cometh to judge the earth.

Then let all the trees of the wood be sounding with joy before the Lord, for he is come to be the judge of the earth.


rate difficulty: He was honoured above the thirty, but he did not attain to the [first] three. And David set him in his council.


simplify: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it will not be turned to dust and where thieves do not come in to take it away:


rate difficulty: And the Philistines hear that David hath been anointed for king over all Israel, and all the Philistines go up to seek David, and David heareth, and goeth out before them.

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


simplify: When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

When an ox or a sheep or a goat is given birth, let it be with its mother for seven days; and after the eighth day it may be taken as an offering made by fire to the Lord.


rate difficulty: and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,

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


simplify: And blessed is she that believed; for there shall be a fulfilment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord.

Happy will she be who had faith that the things which the Lord has said to her will be done.


rate difficulty: yet to us <FI>is<Fi> one God, the Father, of whom <FI>are<Fi> the all things, and we to Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom <FI>are<Fi> the all things, and we through Him;


rate difficulty: On hearing this, they were baptized into the faith of the Lord Jesus,


rate difficulty: Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ byGod's will, according to promise of life, the [life] which [is] in Christ Jesus,

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


rate difficulty: Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

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


simplify: And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual;

And three bands of men came out from the Philistines to make an attack; one band went by the road which goes to Ophrah, into the land of Shual:


simplify: For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; thou shalt weep no more; he will surely be gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear, he will answer thee.

O people, living in Zion, at Jerusalem, your weeping will be ended; he will certainly have mercy on you at the sound of your cry; when it comes to his ear, he will give you an answer.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah raiseth up judges, and they save them from the hand of their spoilers;

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


rate difficulty: But Jesus answered them: “Can you make the groom’s friends fast while the groom is with them?


rate difficulty: The evening had already fallen, when, as it was the Preparation day — the day before the Sabbath —

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


rate difficulty: And Mahlon and Chilion came to their end; and the woman was without her two sons and her husband.


simplify: There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.

There came to him a woman having a bottle of perfume of great price, and she put the perfume on his head when he was seated at table.


simplify: Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?

And Jesus said to the chief priests and the captains of the Temple and the rulers, who had come against him, Have you come out as against a thief, with swords and sticks?


rate difficulty: and they pass over the Jordan, and encamp in Aroer, on the right of the city that <FI>is<Fi> in the midst of the brook of Gad, and unto Jazer,

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


simplify: So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.

So they took the money, and did as they had been ordered: and this account has been current among the Jews till the present time.


rate difficulty: And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:

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


simplify: And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

And he makes use of all the authority of the first beast before his eyes. And he makes the earth and those who are in it give worship to the first beast, whose death-wound was made well.


simplify: I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

Even I and my servants have been taking interest for the money and the grain we have let them have. So now, let us give up this thing.


simplify: Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.

And in front of the house he made two pillars, thirty-five cubits high, with crowns on the tops of them, five cubits high.


simplify: The lot causeth contentions to cease, And parteth between the mighty.

The decision of chance puts an end to argument, parting the strong.


rate difficulty: He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.

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


rate difficulty: Corals and crystal are no more remembered; yea, the acquisition of wisdom is above rubies.

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


rate difficulty: And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

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


simplify: From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.

From the blood of the dead, from the fat of the strong, the bow of Jonathan was not turned back, the sword of Saul did not come back unused.


rate difficulty: And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:


simplify: And the captives of this host of the children of Israel, that are among the Canaanites, shall possess even unto Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem, that are in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the South.

And those of the children of Israel who were the first to be taken away as prisoners, will have their heritage among the Canaanites as far as Zarephath; and those who were taken away from Jerusalem, who are in Sepharad, will have the towns of the South.


simplify: With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;

With you man and woman will be broken; with you the old man and the boy will be broken; with you the young man and the virgin will be broken;


simplify: Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.

Do not think that I am saying this under the pressure of want. For I, however I am placed, have learned to be independent of circumstances.


simplify: He also that is slack in his work  Is brother to him that is a destroyer.

He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.


simplify: Moreover Jehovah will deliver Israel also with thee into the hand of the Philistines; and to-morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: Jehovah will deliver the host of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines.

And more than this, the Lord will give Israel up with you into the hands of the Philistines: and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me: and the Lord will give up the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines.


simplify: And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as Jehovah shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.

And he said to them, Take your rest here tonight, and I will give you an answer after hearing what the Lord says; so the chiefs of Moab kept there with Balaam that night.


simplify: And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.

And Jacob gave Pharaoh his blessing, and went out from before him.


rate difficulty: yea, the five men, those going to traverse the land, go up--they have come in thither--they have taken the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image--and the priest is standing at the opening of the gate, and the six hundred men who are girded with weapons of war--

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


simplify: In the resurrection therefore whose wife of them shall she be? for the seven had her to wife.

When they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for all the seven had her.


simplify: And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh; and he shall take up the ashes whereto the fire hath consumed the burnt-offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.

And the priest is to put on his linen robes and his linen trousers, and take up what is over of the offering after it has been burned on the altar, and put it by the side of the altar.


rate difficulty: And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.

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


rate difficulty: Let them be holy to their God and not make the name of their God common; for the fire offerings of the Lord and the bread of their God are offered by them, and they are to be holy.

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


simplify: `Because of this, lo, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes, and of them ye will kill and crucify, and of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will pursue from city to city;

That is why I send you prophets, wise people, and teachers of the law, some of whom you will crucify and kill, and some of whom you will scourge in your Synagogues, and persecute from town to town;


simplify: Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of their fathers’ houses.

Ahi, the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, head of their families.


rate difficulty: So Abimelech and the people with him got up by night, in four bands, to make a surprise attack on Shechem.

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


rate difficulty: and Zerubbabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;

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


simplify: Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.

And the lord of the garden said, What am I to do? I will send my dearly loved son; they may give respect to him.


rate difficulty: Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:

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


simplify: And Obed–edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed–edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:

And Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, with their brothers, sixty-eight of them, to be door-keepers:


rate difficulty: For if you were cut out of a field olive-tree, and against the natural use were united to a good olive-tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be united again with the olive-tree which was theirs?

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


rate difficulty: that having been declared righteous by His grace, heirs we may become according to the hope of life age-during.

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


rate difficulty: for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.

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


simplify: Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.

Go, take your place in the Temple and give the people all the teaching about this Life.


simplify: I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.

It gives me great joy to see you answering to my good opinion of you in every way.


simplify: Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

And Abraham took another wife named Keturah.


rate difficulty: Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;

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


simplify: Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

Do not let anyone deceive you, whatever he may do. For it will not come until after the Great Apostasy, and the appearing of that Incarnation of Wickedness, that the Lost soul,


rate difficulty: Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man’s name upon his rod.

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


simplify: And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.

Now the number of those who took up the water with their tongues was three hundred; all the rest of the people went down on their knees to the water.


simplify: but I say unto you, that Elijah is come already, and they knew him not, but did unto him whatsoever they would. Even so shall the Son of man also suffer of them.

But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they had no knowledge of him, but did to him whatever they were pleased to do; the same will the Son of man undergo at their hands.


simplify: Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

And it was made clear to those prophets that they were God's servants not for themselves but for you, to give you word of the things which have now come to your ears from the preachers of the good news through the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; things which even angels have a desire to see.


rate difficulty: And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.

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


rate difficulty: When Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city went up, they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.

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


rate difficulty: And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.

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


rate difficulty: Then Herod, having secretly called the magi, inquired of them accurately the time of the star that was appearing;

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


rate difficulty: and we were hoping that he it is who is about to redeem Israel, and also with all these things, this third day is passing to-day, since these things happened.

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


simplify: And these were the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.

And these are the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon: she was the mother of Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: But the shameful thing hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

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


rate difficulty: And Jesus said to them, Take care to have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

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


simplify: Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.

as Sarah did, who obeyed Abraham, and called him master. And you are her true children, as long as you live good lives, and let nothing terrify you.


rate difficulty: And when a sojourner sojourneth with thee, and would hold the passover to Jehovah, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and hold it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land; but no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.


simplify: Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.

So have love for the Lord your God, and give him worship, and keep his laws and his decisions and his orders at all times.


rate difficulty: For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

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


rate difficulty: And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.


simplify: and many of those who had practised the curious arts, having brought the books together, were burning <FI>them<Fi> before all; and they reckoned together the prices of them, and found <FI>it<Fi> five myriads of silverlings;

while a number of people, who had practiced magic, collected their books and burnt them publicly; and on reckoning up the price of these, they found it amounted to fifty thousand silver coins.


rate difficulty: Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the touch of the Apostles' hands, he made them an offering of money, saying,

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


simplify: And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and Jehovah blessed him.

So the woman gave birth to a son, and gave him the name Samson; and he became a man and the blessing of the Lord was on him.


rate difficulty: And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

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


simplify: In his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build forts.

At his right hand was the fate of Jerusalem, to give orders for destruction, to send up the war-cry, to put engines of war against the doors, lifting up earthworks, building walls.


simplify: Now lettest thou thy servant depart, Lord, According to thy word, in peace;

Now you are letting your servant go in peace, O Lord, as you have said;


simplify: and they were giving him to drink wine mingled with myrrh, and he did not receive.

There they offered him drugged wine; but Jesus refused it.


simplify: There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.

Her rulers in her are like a loud-voiced lion violently taking his food; they have made a meal of souls; they have taken wealth and valued property; they have made great the number of widows in her.


rate difficulty: But I say unto you, that every one that is lightly angry with his brother shall be subject to the judgment; but whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be subject to [be called before] the sanhedrim; but whosoever shall say, Fool, shall be subject to the penalty of the hell of fire.

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


rate difficulty: For I had made the decision to have knowledge of nothing among you but only of Jesus Christ on the cross.


rate difficulty: And the sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korahites.

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


simplify: Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

It is true that you have overcome Edom and your heart is uplifted; let that glory be enough for you, and keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?


simplify: Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

even though we were ‘dead’ because of our offenses, gave life to us in giving life to the Christ. (By God’s loving kindness you have been saved.)


simplify: And Abishai, the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three; for he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them, and had a name among the three.

And Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the thirty, for he put to death three hundred with his spear, but he had not a name among the three.


simplify: and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had fallen asleep were raised;

And the resting-places of the dead came open; and the bodies of a number of sleeping saints came to life;


rate difficulty: till Jehovah look down and behold from the heavens.

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


simplify: When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.

But, when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly collecting, he rebuked the foul spirit: “Deaf and dumb spirit, it is I who command you. Come out from him and never enter him again.”


rate difficulty: And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember unto me, O my God, this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy lovingkindness.

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


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, when the Jews have come who are dwelling near them, that they say to us ten times from all the places whither ye return--<FI> they are<Fi> against us.

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


simplify: And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the Lord, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.

And on the seven days of the feast he is to give a burned offering to the Lord, seven oxen and seven sheep without any mark on them, every day for seven days; and a he-goat every day for a sin-offering.


rate difficulty: For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.

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


rate difficulty: Be not hasty in thy spirit to be vexed; for vexation resteth in the bosom of fools.

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


rate difficulty: Jesus having seen that a multitude doth run together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, `Spirit--dumb and deaf--I charge thee, come forth out of him, and no more thou mayest enter into him;'

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


rate difficulty: The men of Beth-el and Ai, a hundred and twenty-three.

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


rate difficulty: `These words hath Jehovah spoken unto all your assembly, in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness--a great voice; and He hath not added, and He writeth them on two tables of stone, and giveth them unto me.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Whoso is sharing with a thief is hating his own soul, Execration he heareth, and telleth not.

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


simplify: Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.

And so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my brother-workers.


simplify: for the good that I will, I do not; but the evil that I do not will, this I practise.

I fail to do the good thing that I want to do, but the bad thing that I want not to do — that I habitually do.


rate difficulty: And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.

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


rate difficulty: Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

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


rate difficulty: For the Lord our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:

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


simplify: for Jehovah thy God is a merciful God; he will not fail thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.

Because the Lord your God is a God of mercy, he will not take away his help from you or let destruction overtake you, or be false to the agreement which he made by an oath with your fathers.


rate difficulty: If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

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


rate difficulty: and not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana be made of no account, and that she should even be deposed from her magnificence whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.

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


simplify: Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.

And so a lion from the woods will put them to death, a wolf of the waste land will make them waste, a leopard will keep watch on their towns, and everyone who goes out from them will be food for the beasts; because of the great number of their sins and the increase of their wrongdoing.


rate difficulty: And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.

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


simplify: Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.

Five times the Jews gave me forty blows but one.


rate difficulty: They are to take up the curtains of the House, and the Tent of meeting with its cover and the leather cover over it, and the hangings for the door of the Tent of meeting;

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


simplify: Now as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

Now, while they were on their way, he came to a certain town; and a woman named Martha took him into her house.


simplify: Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.

And I had the feeling that I was not even good enough to come to you: but say the word only, and my servant will be well.


rate difficulty: Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many.

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


rate difficulty: And then shall many stumble, and shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.

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


simplify: The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

The Lord your God is among you, as a strong saviour: he will be glad over you with joy, he will make his love new again, he will make a song of joy over you as in the time of a holy feast.


rate difficulty: But now the Lord has said, In three years, the years of a servant working for payment, the glory of Moab, all that great people, will be turned to shame, and the rest of Moab will be very small and without honour.

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


simplify: Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.

Therefore let him who, when speaking, uses the gift of ‘tongues’ pray for ability to interpret them.


simplify: And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.

And we took their land and gave it to the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, for their heritage.


simplify: Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood with rooms in it, and make it safe from the water inside and out.


simplify: Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.

Go down to Ahab, king of Israel, in Samaria; see, he is in the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite, where he has gone to take it as his heritage.


simplify: And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.

And Samson, crying out to the Lord, said, O Lord God, do have me now in mind, and do make me strong only this once, O God, so that I may take one last payment from the Philistines for my two eyes.


simplify: For there shall be the seed of peace; the vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things.

For I will let the seed of peace be planted; the vine will give her fruit and the land will give her increase and the heavens will give their dew; and I will give to the rest of this people all these things for their heritage.


simplify: for verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men did desire to see that which ye look on, and they did not see, and to hear that which ye hear, and they did not hear.

for I tell you that many prophets and good people have longed for the sight of the things which you are seeing, yet never saw them, and to hear the things which you are hearing, yet never heard them.


rate difficulty: And the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid.

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


simplify: When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.

For it will be in the heart of the earth among the peoples, like the shaking of an olive-tree, as the last of the grapes after the getting-in is done.


rate difficulty: and he saith: Jehovah from Zion doth roar, And from Jerusalem giveth forth His voice, And mourned have pastures of the shepherds, And withered hath the top of Carmel!

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


simplify: Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,

Mishma and Dumah, Massa, Hadad and Tema,


rate difficulty: “Teacher, Moses said — ‘should a man die without children, the man’s brother will become the husband of the widow, and raise a family for his brother.’

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


rate difficulty: beginning from the baptism of John until the day in which he was taken up from us, one of these should be a witness with us of his resurrection.

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


simplify: And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

And evil birds came down on the bodies, but Abram sent them away.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

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


rate difficulty: And now I will make her shame clear before the eyes of her lovers, and no one will take her out of my hand.

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


rate difficulty: Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

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


rate difficulty: For also thine own heart knoweth that oftentimes thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

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


simplify: Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

For this reason, if food is a cause of trouble to my brother, I will give up taking meat for ever, so that I may not be a cause of trouble to my brother.


rate difficulty: and saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

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


simplify: whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor; and he will gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.

In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned up in the fire which will never be put out.


rate difficulty: And now the sense of the letter which you sent to us has been made clear to me,

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


rate difficulty: Come down from your glory, O people of Dibon, and take your seat in the place of the waste; for the attacker of Moab has gone up against you, sending destruction on your strong places.

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


simplify: And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

And there was given to every one a white robe, and they were ordered to take their rest for a little time, till the number was complete of the other servants, their brothers, who would be put to death, even as they had been.


rate difficulty: And they sing a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open its seals; because thou hast been slain, and hast redeemed toGod, by thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,

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


rate difficulty: Thus saith Jehovah, who maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters,


simplify: Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

All can see that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, a letter written, not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not on ‘tablets of stone,’ but on ‘tablets of human hearts.’


rate difficulty: And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.

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


rate difficulty: Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

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


rate difficulty: And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

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


simplify: The elder unto Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.

I, a ruler in the church, send word to the well loved Gaius, for whom I have true love.


simplify: Yea, if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.


simplify: The first-fruits of thy grain, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.

And in addition you are to give him the first of your grain and wine and oil, and the first wool cut from your sheep.


simplify: And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,


simplify: And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.

And he let them do it. And the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the sea, about two thousand of them; and they came to their death in the sea.


rate difficulty: So when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but rather that a tumult was arising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man; see ye to it.

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


simplify: And the nations hearing were glad, and were glorifying the word of the Lord, and did believe--as many as were appointed to life age-during;

On hearing this, the Gentiles were glad and extolled God’s message; and all those who had been enrolled for eternal life became believers in Christ;


simplify: Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;

They had seven hundred and thirty-six horses, two hundred and forty-five transport beasts;


simplify: But before all these things, they shall lay their hands on you, and shall persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name’s sake.

But before all this, they will take you and be very cruel to you, giving you up to the Synagogues and to prisons, taking you before kings and rulers, because of my name.


simplify: The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens.

Masters, do what is right and fair by your slaves, for you know that you also have a Master — in heaven.


rate difficulty: And the disciples, seeing him walking on the sea, were troubled, saying, It is an apparition. And they cried out through fear.

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


simplify: And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

And what I say to you, I say to all, Keep watch.


simplify: So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.

So not one of us, I or my brothers or my servants or the watchmen who were with me, took off his clothing, everyone went armed to the water.


simplify: And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;

So day after day she gave him no peace, for ever questioning him till his soul was troubled to death.


simplify: Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

You whose joy is in a thing of no value, who say, Have we not taken for ourselves horns by the strength which is ours?


simplify: and they did not find; and many false witnesses having come near, they did not find; and at last two false witnesses having come near,

but they did not find any, although many came forward with false evidence. Later on, however, two men came forward and said:


simplify: All the days wherein the plague is in him he shall be unclean; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his dwelling be.

While the disease is on him, he will be unclean. He is unclean: let him keep by himself, living outside the tent-circle.


simplify: And, behold, a prophet came near unto Ahab king of Israel, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thy hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.

Then a prophet came up to Ahab, king of Israel, and said, The Lord says, Have you seen all this great army? See, I will give it into your hands today, and you will see that I am the Lord.


rate difficulty: And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

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


rate difficulty: And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

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


rate difficulty: But, when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face; for he stood self-condemned.

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


rate difficulty: And Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica. And all the people living in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth.

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


simplify: Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for them.

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


simplify: And a certain one of the Pharisees was asking him that he might eat with him, and having gone into the house of the Pharisee he reclined (at meat),

One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to dine with him, so Jesus went to his house and took his place at the table.


rate difficulty: And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

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


simplify: And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, Jehovah hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hear, ye peoples, all of you.

And Micaiah said, If you come back at all in peace, the Lord has not sent his word by me.


rate difficulty: And Solomon sent to Huram, king of Tyre, saying, As you did for my father David, sending him cedar-trees for the building of his house,

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


simplify: And we having come to Jerusalem, the brethren did gladly receive us,

On our arrival at Jerusalem, the followers of the Lord there gave us a hearty welcome;


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

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


rate difficulty: And I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.


rate difficulty: And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.

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


rate difficulty: O Israel, your prophets have been like jackals in the waste places.

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


simplify: For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. But now, O God, strengthen thou my hands.

For they were hoping to put fear in us, saying, Their hands will become feeble and give up the work so that it may not get done. But now, O God, make my hands strong.


rate difficulty: and they hire to them two and thirty thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people, and they come in and encamp before Medeba, and the sons of Ammon have been gathered out of their cities, and come in to the battle.

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


rate difficulty: O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.

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


rate difficulty: These things placing before the brethren, thou shalt be a good ministrant of Jesus Christ, being nourished by the words of the faith, and of the good teaching, which thou didst follow after,

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


simplify: And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.

And make a network of brass, with four brass rings at its four angles.


simplify: And under the brim of it round about there were knops which did compass it, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about: the knops were in two rows, cast when it was cast.

And under the edge of it, circling it all round for ten cubits, were two lines of flower buds, made together with it from liquid metal.


simplify: And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness unto all his people.

And David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.


rate difficulty: Jehovah of hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones; and they shall drink, [and] make a noise as from wine; and they shall be filled like a bowl, like the corners of the altar.

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


simplify: And the angel of Jehovah said unto Balaam, Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

And the angel of the Lord said to Balaam, Go with the men; but say only what I give you to say. Then Balaam went on with the chiefs of Balak.


rate difficulty: And of the vessels of the house of Jehovah hath Nebuchadnezzar brought in to Babylon, and putteth them in his temple in Babylon.

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


simplify: and they have over them a king--the messenger of the abyss--a name <FI>is<Fi> to him in Hebrew, Abaddon, and in the Greek he hath a name, Apollyon.

They have as their king the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name, in Hebrew, is ‘Abaddon,’ while, in Greek, his name is ‘Apollyon’ (the Destroyer).


simplify: And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.

It happened that the father of Publius was lying ill of fever and dysentery. So Paul went to see him; and, after praying, he placed his hands on him and cured him.


simplify: And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands; and David and his men passed on in the rearward with Achish.

And the lords of the Philistines went on with their hundreds and their thousands, and David and his men came after with Achish.


simplify: All that are born of the country shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.

All those who are Israelites by birth are to do these things in this way, when giving an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord.


simplify: Jesus said unto him, Again it is written, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.

Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.


rate difficulty: Chariots of Pharaoh and his force He hath cast into the sea; And the choice of his captains Have sunk in the Red Sea!

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


simplify: And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

And the living beings went out and came back as quickly as a thunder-flame.


rate difficulty: These are to be offered in addition to the morning burned offering, which is a regular burned offering at all times.

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


rate difficulty: And another, a second angel, followed, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, that hath made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

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


rate difficulty: that Jacob hearkeneth unto his father and unto his mother, and goeth to Padan-Aram--

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


simplify: But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;

But if ever he goes outside the walls of the safe town where he had gone in flight,


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

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


rate difficulty: How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? for the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter end.


simplify: Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.

Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.


simplify: And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

No, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to take the first place among you, must be your slave;


simplify: Nay, already it is altogether a defect in you, that ye have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather take wrong? why not rather be defrauded?

More than this, it is not to your credit to have causes at law with one another at all. Why not put up with wrong? why not undergo loss?


simplify: and there was given to it to make war with the saints, and to overcome them, and there was given to it authority over every tribe, and tongue, and nation.

It had been permitted to fight with Christ’s people and to conquer them, and it had received power over men of every tribe, and people, and language, and nation.


rate difficulty: But you will have your bed among those without circumcision, and will be put to rest with those who have been put to death with the sword.

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


rate difficulty: But the men who had gone up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.

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


simplify: Thus said the Lord unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;

This is what the Lord has said to me: Go and take your place in the doorway of Benjamin, where the kings of Judah come in and by which they go out, and in all the doorways of Jerusalem;


rate difficulty: Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.


rate difficulty: And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:

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


rate difficulty: “Elijah does indeed come first,”answered Jesus, “and re-establish everything; and does not scripture speak, with regard to the Son of Man, of his undergoing much suffering and being utterly despised?

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


simplify: For then will I turn to the peoples of a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent.

For then I will give the people a clean language, so that they may all make prayer to the Lord and be his servants with one mind.


simplify: Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord’s anger come upon you.

Before the Lord sends you violently away in flight like the waste from the grain; before the burning wrath of the Lord comes on you, before the day of the Lord's wrath comes on you.


simplify: Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

But you say, For what reason? Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your early years, to whom you have been untrue, though she is your friend and the wife to whom you have given your word.


rate difficulty: But of the winged four-footed things, those which have long legs for jumping on the earth you may have for food;

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


simplify: Your own selves try ye, if ye are in the faith; your own selves prove ye; do ye not know your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you, if ye be not in some respect disapproved of?

Put yourselves to the proof, to see whether you are holding to the faith. Test yourselves. Surely you recognize this fact about yourselves — that Jesus Christ is in you! Unless indeed you cannot stand the test!


rate difficulty: And what would a man give in exchange for his life?

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


simplify: And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto Jehovah, and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill-offering unto Jehovah, the God of your fathers.

And I said to them, You are holy to the Lord and the vessels are holy: and the silver and the gold are an offering freely given to the Lord, the God of your fathers.


simplify: And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the Lord that smiteth.

My eye will not have mercy, and I will have no pity: I will send on you the punishment of your ways, and your disgusting works will be among you; and you will see that I am the Lord who gives punishment.


rate difficulty: the table, all its vessels, and the bread of the presence;

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


rate difficulty: He who comes to birth in your house and he who is made yours for a price, all are to undergo circumcision; so that my agreement may be marked in your flesh, an agreement for all time.

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


rate difficulty: It may be Jehovah thyGod will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach the livingGod; and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thyGod has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that is left.


rate difficulty: And now, behold, I know that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thy hand.

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


simplify: The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.

Their outstretched wings were twenty cubits across; they were placed upright on their feet, facing the inner part of the house.


simplify: And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the Lord shall be in the midst thereof.

And for these, that is the priests, the holy offering is to be twenty-five thousand long to the north, ten thousand wide to the west, ten thousand wide to the east and twenty-five thousand long to the south; and the holy place of the Lord will be in the middle of it.


rate difficulty: Is it because I said, Give to me? And, By your power bribe for me?


simplify: For through the anger of Jehovah did it come to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

And because of the wrath of the Lord, this came about in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had sent them all away from before him: and Zedekiah took up arms against the king of Babylon.


rate difficulty: And out of the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge <FI>for<Fi> the man-slayer, Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, and Mahanaim and its suburbs,

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


simplify: And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi–ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.

Now the angel of the Lord came and took his seat under the oak-tree in Ophrah, in the field of Joash the Abiezrite; and his son Gideon was crushing grain in the place where the grapes were crushed, so that the Midianites might not see it.


simplify: Behold, I will command, saith the Lord, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.

See, I will give orders, says the Lord, and make them come back to this town; and they will make war on it and take it and have it burned with fire: and I will make the towns of Judah waste and unpeopled.


rate difficulty: But Solomon did not make use of the children of Israel as servants for his work; they were men of war, his chiefs and his captains, and captains of his war-carriages and his horsemen.


rate difficulty: But the garment, or the warp, or the woof, or whatever thing of skin which thou hast washed, and the sore departeth from them, it shall be washed a second time, and it is clean.

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


simplify: On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ochran, prince of the children of Asher:

On the eleventh day Pagiel, the son of Ochran, chief of the children of Asher:


rate difficulty: I, Jehovah, have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it: I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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


simplify: And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?

And the Lord said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I have no idea: am I my brother's keeper?


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

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


simplify: Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye peoples: let the earth hear, and the fulness thereof; the world, and all things that come forth from it.

Come near, you nations, and give ear; take note, you peoples: let the earth and everything in it give ear; the world and all those living in it.


rate difficulty: Asshur doth not save us, on a horse we ride not, Nor do we say any more, Our God, to the work of our hands, For in Thee find mercy doth the fatherless.'

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


rate difficulty: And they blew the three hundred trumpets, and Jehovah set every man’s sword against his fellow, and against all the host; and the host fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.

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


rate difficulty: The stem of his spear was as long as a cloth-worker's rod, and its head was made of six hundred shekels' weight of iron: and one went before him with his body-cover.

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


simplify: Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

Then Peter said: “I swear that I do not know the man! May God punish me if I am lying!” At that moment a cock crowed;


simplify: And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.

During this time, some prophets came to Antioch from Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: And the elders of the Jews builded and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

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


rate difficulty: according as it hath been written--`There is none righteous, not even one;

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