simplify: hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept mine ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord Jehovah.

And has been guided by my rules and has kept my laws and done them: he is upright, life will certainly be his, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

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rate difficulty: When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

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


rate difficulty: Will ye show partiality to him? Will ye contend for God?

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


simplify: For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.

Indeed, there must be actual parties among you, for so only will the people of real worth become known.


rate difficulty: And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.


rate difficulty: So Absalom went in flight and came to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur, where he was for three years.

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


simplify: And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.

And they kept striking him on the head with a rod, spitting at him, and bowing to the ground before him — going down on their knees;


simplify: and the woman did flee to the wilderness, where she hath a place made ready from God, that there they may nourish her--days a thousand, two hundred, sixty.

But the woman fled into the wilderness, where there is a place prepared for her by God, to be tended there for twelve hundred and sixty days.


simplify: And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri.

And by his side the men of Jericho were building. And after them, Zaccur, the son of Imri.


rate difficulty: And sons of Ezra <FI>are<Fi> Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she beareth Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah father of Eshtemoa.

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


simplify: Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.

This was not because we had not a right to receive support, but our object was to give you a pattern for you to copy.


simplify: And they took them from the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel; and they laid them down before Jehovah.

And they took them from the tent and came back with them to Joshua and the children of Israel, and put them before the Lord.


rate difficulty: ... and to make them full of the dead bodies of men whom I have put to death in my wrath and in my passion, and because of whose evil-doing I have kept my face covered from this town.

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


simplify: And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

and from the heavens came a voice — “You are my dearly loved son; you bring me great joy.”


simplify: Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear troubleth thee,

For this cause nets are round your feet, and you are overcome with sudden fear.


rate difficulty: ye made also a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But ye looked not unto him that had done this, neither had ye respect unto him that purposed it long ago.

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


rate difficulty: And these are they that conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess.

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


simplify: And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?

When James and John saw this, they said: “Master, do you wish us to call for fire to come down from the heavens and consume them?”


rate difficulty: The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

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


rate difficulty: I knew not my soul, It made me--chariots of my people Nadib.


simplify: And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee: for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?

And turning to her by the roadside, he said to her, Let me come in to you; for he had no idea that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me as my price?


simplify: And he commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.

And he gave orders for the people to be seated on the grass; and he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing, and made division of the food, and gave it to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.


rate difficulty: Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.

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


simplify: And afterward, when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before Jehovah for ever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner:

And when David had word of it he said, May I and my kingdom be clear for ever in the eyes of the Lord from the blood of Abner, the son of Ner:


simplify: that I may manifest it, as it behoveth me to speak;

Then I will make them known, as I ought to do.


rate difficulty: `And thou, son of man, take to thee one stick, and write on it, For Judah, and for the sons of Israel, his companions; and take another stick, and write on it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and all the house of Israel, his companions,

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


rate difficulty: Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

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


simplify: Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?

Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any branching tree which is among the trees of the woods?


rate difficulty: It may be Jehovah thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

Will not the day of the Lord be dark and not light? even very dark, with no light shining in it?


simplify: That the Lord called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.

The voice of the Lord said Samuel's name; and he said, Here am I.


simplify: Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination unto Jehovah, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and setteth it up in secret. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

Cursed is the man who makes any image of wood or stone or metal, disgusting to the Lord, the work of man's hands, and puts it up in secret. And let all the people say, So be it.


simplify: He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,

He is not here, he has come back to life: have in mind what he said to you when he was still in Galilee, saying,


rate difficulty: For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

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


rate difficulty: And he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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


simplify: Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

Let your mouth be open, judging rightly, and give right decisions in the cause of the poor and those in need.


simplify: And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.

Then Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand men on foot; and you have said, I will give them flesh to be their food for a month.


simplify: And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?

And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin saying, What is this evil which has been done among you?


simplify: and a third part shall be at the king’s house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of Jehovah.

And a third are to be stationed at the king's house; and a third at the doorway of the horses: while all the people are waiting in the open spaces round the house of the Lord.


rate difficulty: And the pillars of the open space outside it, with their bases and their nails and cords and all the instruments used, and everything which has to be done there; all the instruments for which they are responsible are to be numbered by name.

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


simplify: And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour forth of my Spirit upon all flesh: And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams:

And it will come about, in the last days, says God, that I will send out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will be prophets, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will have dreams:


simplify: And when the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

And when the day came for Elkanah to make his offering, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and daughters, their part of the feast:


rate difficulty: And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.


rate difficulty: say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions; and I will put them with it, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand.

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


rate difficulty: `Then doth the land enjoy its sabbaths--all the days of the desolation, and ye in the land of your enemies--then doth the land rest, and hath enjoyed its sabbaths;

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: and certain of those standing there said to them, `What do ye--loosing the colt?'

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


rate difficulty: And God doth so on that night, and there is drought on the fleece alone, and on all the earth there hath been dew.

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


rate difficulty: And Joshua speaketh unto the priests, saying, `Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people;' and they take up the ark of the covenant, and go before the people.


rate difficulty: then hath the priest reckoned to him the amount of thy valuation unto the year of jubilee, and he hath given thy valuation in that day--a holy thing to Jehovah;

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And he began to speak unto the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country for a long time.

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


simplify: The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.

The days of punishment, the days of reward are come; Israel will be put to shame; the prophet is foolish, the man who has the spirit is off his head, because of your great sin.


rate difficulty: And this is my agreement with them, when I will take away their sins.

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


rate difficulty: to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called saints; Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and <FI>from<Fi> the Lord Jesus Christ!


simplify: for he is our peace, who did make both one, and the middle wall of the enclosure did break down,

He it is who is our peace. He made the two divisions of humanity one, broke down the barrier that separated them,


simplify: And Jehovah said unto Moses, Pharaoh will not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.

And the Lord said to Moses, Pharaoh will not give ear to you, so that my wonders may be increased in the land of Egypt.


simplify: But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

I say to you, It will be better in that day for Sodom than for that town.


rate difficulty: I have come in to my garden, my sister-spouse, I have plucked my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my comb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, drink, Yea, drink abundantly, O beloved ones!

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may be well with thee and with thy sons after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days on the land which Jehovah thyGod giveth thee, for ever.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 11 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And the Lord thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.

The Lord your God will send out the nations before you little by little; they are not to be rooted out quickly, for fear that the beasts of the field may be increased overmuch against you.


simplify: They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.

His food will be the same as theirs, in addition to what has come to him as the price of his property.


rate difficulty: And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto Jehovah, and spake, saying,  I will sing unto Jehovah, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

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


simplify: After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.

Now after these things and this true-hearted work, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came into Judah, and put his army in position before the walled towns of Judah, designing to make his way into them by force.


rate difficulty: Can it be that there is not one among you wise enough to decide between two of their fellow followers?

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


rate difficulty: and he said, `The things impossible with men are possible with God.'

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


rate difficulty: And Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, Long live king Solomon!

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


rate difficulty: And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?

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


simplify: And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

Naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.


rate difficulty: and the pieces of fat of the bullock and of the ram, the fat tail and what covers [the inwards], and the kidneys, and the net of the liver;

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


simplify: Of Manasseh also there fell away some to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not; for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall away to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.

And some of the men of Manasseh came over to David, when he went with the Philistines to the war against Saul, but he gave them no help: for the lords of the Philistines, after discussion, sent him away, saying, He will go back to his master Saul, at the price of our lives.


simplify: therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Behold, I bring such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.

For this cause, says the Lord, the God of Israel, I will send such evil on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of all to whom the news comes will be burning.


simplify: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;

This is what the Lord has said: Because Edom has taken his payment from the people of Judah, and has done great wrong in taking payment from them;


simplify: And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

Now Joseph was thirty years old when he came before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from before the face of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt.


rate difficulty: speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and chanting with your heart to the Lord;

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


rate difficulty: And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.

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


simplify: Then Jonathan said unto him, To-morrow is the new moon: and thou wilt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.

Then Jonathan said to him, Tomorrow is the new moon: and it will be seen that you are not present, for there will be no one in your seat.


simplify: But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.

But Absalom at the same time sent watchers through all the tribes of Israel to say, At the sound of the horn you are to say, Absalom is king in Hebron.


simplify: Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.

For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.


rate difficulty: And if I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I cannot contain.

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


rate difficulty: but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for the Baalim.


simplify: Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.

(Let me be measured in upright scales, and let God see my righteousness:)


simplify: The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira, the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.


simplify: And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:

Then their father Israel said to them, If it has to be so, then do this: take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels to give the man, perfumes and honey and spices and nuts:


simplify: Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,

Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,


rate difficulty: All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

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


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.

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


simplify: and if indeed the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it; and if it be not worthy, let your peace turn back to you.

Then, if the house is worthy, let your blessing rest on it, but, if it is unworthy, let your blessing return on yourselves.


simplify: and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,

Take no part in deeds of darkness, from which no good can come; on the contrary, expose them.


simplify: For I will send pestilence into her, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall fall in the midst of her, with the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

And I will send on her disease and blood in her streets; and the wounded will be falling in the middle of her, and the sword will be against her on every side; and they will be certain that I am the Lord.


simplify: And I charged Baruch before them, saying,

And I gave orders to Baruch in front of them, saying,


rate difficulty: Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect: but I press on, if so be that I may lay hold on that for which also I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus.

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


rate difficulty: Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

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


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in Leb-kamai, a destroying wind.

The Lord has said: See, I will make a wind of destruction come up against Babylon and against those who are living in Chaldaea;


rate difficulty: And it came to pass as he was in a certain place praying, when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as John also taught his disciples.


rate difficulty: He is covered by the branches of the trees; the grasses of the stream are round him.


simplify: And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head go loose, nor rend his clothes;

And he who is the chief priest among his brothers, on whose head the holy oil has been put, who is marked out to put on the holy robes, may not let his hair go loose or have his clothing out of order as a sign of sorrow.


simplify: And he brought forth the king’s son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.

Then he made the king's son come out, and put the crown on him and the arm-bands, and made him king, and put the holy oil on him; and they all, making sounds of joy with their hands, said, Long life to the king.


simplify: and they shall bring the glory and the honour of the nations into it;

And people will bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.


rate difficulty: But when you see armies all round about Jerusalem, then be certain that her destruction is near.

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


simplify: Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies!

O Lord, what am I to say now that Israel have given way before their attackers?


simplify: Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.

This is what the Lord let me see: and I saw that the Lord God sent for a great fire to be the instrument of his punishment; and, after burning up the great deep, it was about to put an end to the Lord's heritage.


simplify: To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

to another the gift of preaching; to another the gift of distinguishing between true and false inspiration; to another varieties of the gift of ‘tongues’; to another the power to interpret ‘tongues.’


rate difficulty: and having left Nazareth, having come, he dwelt at Capernaum that is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtalim,

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


simplify: Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

From Gershon come the Libnites and the Shimeites; these are the families of the Gershonites.


simplify: In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.

In the town all is waste, and in the public place is destruction.


rate difficulty: for what shall it profit a man, if he may gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?


rate difficulty: And in the middle of the day they went out. But Ben-hadad was drinking in the tents with the thirty-two kings who were helping him.


rate difficulty: When the Lamb broke the second seal, I heard the second Creature crying — ‘Come.’


rate difficulty: And have overturned the throne of kingdoms, And I have destroyed the strength of kingdoms of the nations, And overturned chariot and its charioteers, And come down have horses and their riders, Each by the sword of his brother.

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


simplify: And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

And he will give you his love, blessing you and increasing you: he will send his blessing on the offspring of your body and the fruit of your land, your grain and your wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock, in the land which by his oath to your fathers he undertook to give you.


rate difficulty: Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let clouds dwell upon it; let darkeners of the day terrify it.


simplify: He hath bent his bow like an enemy, he hath stood with his right hand as an adversary, And hath slain all that were pleasant to the eye: In the tent of the daughter of Zion he hath poured out his wrath like fire.

His bow has been bent for the attack, he has taken his place with his hand ready, in his hate he has put to death all who were pleasing to the eye: on the tent of the daughter of Zion he has let loose his passion like fire.


simplify: The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Beth–el, one;

The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Beth-el, one;


simplify: And the near kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: take thou my right of redemption on thee; for I cannot redeem it.

And the near relation said, I am not able to do the relation's part, for fear of damaging the heritage I have: you may do it in my place, for I am not able to do it myself.


simplify: Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in thy house.

See, the days are coming when your arm and the arm of your father's people will be cut off;


simplify: that in joy I may come unto you, through the will of God, and may be refreshed with you,

so that, God willing, I may be able to come to you with a joyful heart, and enjoy some rest among you.


rate difficulty: Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit: and when Jehovah shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.

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


simplify: Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.

My eyes have become dark because of my pain, and all my body is wasted to a shade.


rate difficulty: The farthest towns of the tribe of Judah in the direction of the limits of Edom to the south, were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur;

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


simplify: And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

And when the men of Israel across the valley and on the other side of Jordan saw that the army of Israel was in flight and that Saul and his sons were dead, they came out of their towns and went in flight; and the Philistines came and took them for themselves.


simplify: And the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.

And the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear of them, for I have given them into your hands; they will all give way before you.


rate difficulty: And they forgot Jehovah theirGod, and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

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


simplify: For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.

He who has, to him will be given: and he who has not, from him will be taken even that which he has.


rate difficulty: And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

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


simplify: if any one doth speak--`as oracles of God;' if any one doth minister--`as of the ability which God doth supply;' that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power--to the ages of the ages. Amen.

When anyone speaks, let them speak as one who is delivering the oracles of God. When anyone is endeavoring to serve others, let them do so in reliance on the strength which God supplies; so that in everything God may be honor ed through Jesus Christ — to whom be ascribed all honor and might for ever and ever. Amen.


rate difficulty: But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

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simplify: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

for in him was created all that is in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible — angels and archangels and all the powers of heaven.


rate difficulty: And Machir took a wife [the sister] of Huppim and Shuppim, and the name of their sister was Maachah. And the name of the second [son] was Zelophehad; and Zelophehad had daughters.

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


simplify: Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.

Then it became clear to me that it was a question of their law, and that nothing was said against him which might be a reason for prison or death.


rate difficulty: Now the birth of Jesus Christ was thus: His mother, Mary, that is, having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child of [the] Holy Spirit.

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


simplify: And it shall come to pass that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

And before they make their request I will give an answer, and while they are still making prayer to me, I will give ear.


simplify: Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble:

For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:


simplify: And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him.

And she took the cooking-pot, and put the cakes before him, but he would not take them. And Amnon said, Let everyone go away from me. So they all went out.


simplify: And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.

And among the sons of the priests who were married to strange women were these: of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak and his brothers, Maaseiah and Eliezer and Jarib and Gedaliah.


simplify: The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.

The pillars of heaven are shaking, and are overcome by his sharp words.


rate difficulty: Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.

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


rate difficulty: All these, with their different families, languages, lands, and nations, are the offspring of Ham.

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simplify: And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,

And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the Temple, got the people together and put their hands on him,


rate difficulty: “I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven at all.

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simplify: In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

In the middle of its street. And on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, having twelve sorts of fruits, giving its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree give life to the nations.


rate difficulty: `When Jehovah thy God doth bring thee in unto the land whither thou art going in to possess it, and He hath cast out many nations from thy presence, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations more numerous and mighty than thou,

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.

And they were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath day, so that they might have something against him.


rate difficulty: And Jesus said to the captain, Go in peace; as your faith is, so let it be done to you. And the servant was made well in that hour.

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


rate difficulty: And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master.


simplify: Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.

So get to work building your towns for your little ones, and safe places for your sheep; and do as you have said.


simplify: and whom He did fore-appoint, these also He did call; and whom He did call, these also He declared righteous; and whom He declared righteous, these also He did glorify.

And those whom God destined for this he also called; and those whom he called he also pronounced righteous; and those whom he pronounced righteous he also brought to glory.


rate difficulty: As a flock of holy ones, as a flock of Jerusalem, In her appointed seasons, So are the waste cities full of flocks of men, And they have known that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah!'

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


simplify: I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.


simplify: And Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Jehovah hath not chosen these.

And Jesse made his seven sons come before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, The Lord has not taken any of these.


simplify: And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

And she said, Take a drink, my lord: and quickly letting down her vessel onto her hand, she gave him a drink.


simplify: And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;

And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here;


simplify: Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.

Let us make search and put our ways to the test, turning again to the Lord;


simplify: Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:


simplify: They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.

Their food is to be the meal offering and the sin-offering and the offering for error; and everything given specially to the Lord in Israel will be theirs.


simplify: And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he gave him charge over all the labor of the house of Joseph.

And Jeroboam was an able and responsible man; and Solomon saw that he was a good worker and made him overseer of all the work given to the sons of Joseph.


rate difficulty: Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

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


simplify: And they tarried no little time with the disciples.

And they were with the disciples there for a long time.


simplify: And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

And Manoah said to his wife, Death will certainly be our fate, for it is a god whom we have seen.


simplify: But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Cesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.

But when the Jews made protest against it, I had to put my cause into Caesar's hands; not because I have anything to say against my nation.


rate difficulty: A hard-faced nation, who will have no respect for the old or mercy for the young:


simplify: When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:

when once the master of the house has got up and shut the door, while you begin to say, as you stand outside and knock, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ His answer will be — ‘I do not know where you come from.’


rate difficulty: A den of burglars hath this house, On which My name is called, been in your eyes? Even I, lo, I have seen, an affirmation of Jehovah.

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


simplify: when I have brought them back from the peoples, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations.

When I have taken them back from among the peoples and got them together out of the lands of their haters, and have made myself holy in them before the eyes of a great number of nations.


simplify: And the child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Jehovah, and also with men.

And the young Samuel, becoming older, had the approval of the Lord and of men.


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah: Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears; for thy work shall be rewarded, saith Jehovah; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

The Lord has said this: Keep your voice from sorrow and your eyes from weeping: for your work will be rewarded, says the Lord; and they will come back from the land of their hater.


rate difficulty: For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.

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


rate difficulty: `And now, lo, sons of Ammon, and Moab, and mount Seir, whom Thou didst not grant to Israel to go in against in their coming out of the land of Egypt, for they turned aside from off them and destroyed them not,

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


simplify: My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.

My lord the king, these men have done evil in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have put into the water-hole; and he will come to his death in the place where he is through need of food: for there is no more bread in the town.


simplify: And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.

And they, when it came to their ears that he was living, and had been seen by her, had no belief in it.


simplify: And the king said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:

And the king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and put Solomon my son on my beast, yes, mine, and take him down to Gihon;


simplify: That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

Getting the poor for silver, and him who is in need for the price of two shoes, and taking a price for the waste parts of the grain.


simplify: whom the heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, whereof God spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old.

Who is to be kept in heaven till the time when all things are put right, of which God has given word by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been from the earliest times.


simplify: But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

‘Child,’ answered Abraham, ‘remember that you in your lifetime received what you thought desirable, just as Lazarus received what was not desirable; but now he has his consolation here, while you are suffering agony.


simplify: If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

“If any one comes to me and does not hate their father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes and even their life, he can be no disciple of mine.


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Now will I bring back the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name.

For this cause the Lord has said, Now I will let the fate of Jacob be changed, and I will have mercy on all the children of Israel, and will take care of the honour of my holy name.


simplify: When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.

When evil-doers are lifted up, men take cover; but when destruction overtakes them, the upright are increased.


rate difficulty: For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.

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rate difficulty: But to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from the Lord, say, This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: Because you have given ear to my words,


simplify: and the rest were killed with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, even the sword which came forth out of his mouth: and all the birds were filled with their flesh.

And the rest were put to death with the sword of him who was on the horse, even the sword which came out of his mouth: and all the birds were made full with their flesh.


rate difficulty: To this Peter and the apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than people.

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


rate difficulty: And sons of Becher: Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezar, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these <FI>are<Fi> sons of Becher,

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


simplify: For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.


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

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


rate difficulty: And when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobijah the servant, the Ammonite, heard [of it], it grieved them exceedingly that there had come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, that he found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, ministering to Ahaziah, and slew them.

Now when Jehu was effecting the punishment of the family of Ahab, he came to the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah's brothers, the servants of Ahaziah, and put them to death.


simplify: Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

Let there be no hate in your heart for your brother; but you may make a protest to your neighbour, so that he may be stopped from doing evil.


simplify: And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him,

The tax-gatherers and the outcasts were all drawing near to Jesus to listen to him;


simplify: And when he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was noised that he was in the house.

And when he came into Capernaum again after some days, the news went about that he was in the house.


simplify: From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.

From this time on let no man be a trouble to me; because my body is marked with the marks of Jesus.


simplify: And thou hast declared this day how that thou hast dealt well with me, forasmuch as when Jehovah had delivered me up into thy hand, thou killedst me not.

And you have made clear to me how good you have been to me today: because, when the Lord gave me up into your hands, you did not put me to death.


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

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


simplify: And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there are come to me from the hill-country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets; give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of raiment.

And he said, All is well: but my master has sent me, saying, Even now, two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill-country of Ephraim; will you give me a talent of silver and two changes of clothing for them?


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

The Son of man will be given up into the hands of evil-doers, and be put to death on the cross, and on the third day he will come back to life.


rate difficulty: and Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,


rate difficulty: and thou hast separated the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and the Levites have become Mine;

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

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


rate difficulty: and now that the Son of Man has come, eating and drinking, you are saying ‘Here is a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and outcasts.’

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


rate difficulty: Again the devil takes him to a very high mountain, and shews him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory,

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rate difficulty: But he withdrew himself in the deserts, and prayed.


simplify: And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

And these are the names of the men: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.


rate difficulty: But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.

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


simplify: And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.

And one he-goat for a sin-offering; in addition to the regular burned offering, its meal offering, and its drink offering.


rate difficulty: and passed along towards the side opposite to Arabah northwards, and went down to Arabah;

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rate difficulty: And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and with him went the band, whose heartsGod had touched.


rate difficulty: And coming back again he found them asleep, for their eyes were heavy.


simplify: For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

Because there will be false Christs and false prophets, and they will give signs and wonders in the hope of turning even the saints from the true way.


simplify: That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?


simplify: And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses.

These he put on the ephod, over the arm-holes, to be stones of memory for the children of Israel, as the Lord had said to Moses.


rate difficulty: And I saw that there was no helper, and I was wondering that no one gave them support: so my arm did the work of salvation, and my wrath was my support.


rate difficulty: Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.

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simplify: And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?

And say to the master of the house, The Master says, Where is the guest-room, where I may take the Passover with my disciples?


rate difficulty: For thus said the Lord unto me: `Go, station the watchman, That which he seeth let him declare.'

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


rate difficulty: But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons’ for them.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah hearkened unto the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

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


simplify: And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah.

I will make the family of Ahab like that of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and Baasha, the son of Ahijah.


simplify: And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, not being myself under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;

And to the Jews I was as a Jew, so that I might give the good news to them; to those under the law I was the same, not as being myself under the law, but so that I might give the good news to those under the law.


simplify: then I came to the regions of Syria and of Cilicia,

Afterwards I went to the districts of Syria and Cilicia.


simplify: And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites.

So Moses took the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Levites.


simplify: I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)

I have another request to make of you, friends. You remember Stephanas and his household, and that they were the first-fruits gathered in from Greece, and set themselves to serve Christ’s people.


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

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


rate difficulty: and Jesus answering said to it, `No more from thee--to the age--may any eat fruit;' and his disciples were hearing.

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


rate difficulty: And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

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


rate difficulty: As Ananias heard these words, he fell down and expired; and everyone who heard of it was appalled.


rate difficulty: And I will bring you out from the peoples, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out;

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


rate difficulty: They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

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


simplify: Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.

Then Jael, Heber's wife, took a tent-pin and a hammer and went up to him quietly, driving the pin into his head, and it went through his head into the earth, for he was in a deep sleep from weariness; and so he came to his end.


rate difficulty: But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;


simplify: and all the authority of the first beast doth it do before it, and it maketh the land and those dwelling in it that they shall bow before the first beast, whose deadly stroke was healed,

It exercises all the authority of the first Beast under its eyes; and it makes the earth and all who are living on it worship that first Beast, whose mortal wound was healed.


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

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


simplify: Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto the land that I will show thee:

Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide:


simplify: And David smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel; and he returned, and came to Achish.

And David again and again made attacks on the land till not a man or a woman was still living; and he took away the sheep and the oxen and the asses and the camels and the clothing; and he came back to Achish.


simplify: and I became to the Jews as a Jew, that Jews I might gain; to those under law as under law, that those under law I might gain;

To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win Jews. To those who are subject to law I became like a man subject to law — though I was not myself subject to law — to win those who are subject to law.


simplify: And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen and asses and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

And Nob, the town of the priests, he put to the sword, all the men and women, children and babies at the breast, and oxen and asses and sheep.


simplify: then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of the children of men);

Then give ear from heaven your living-place, answering with forgiveness, and give to every man, whose secret heart is open to you, the reward of all his ways; (for you, and you only, have knowledge of the hearts of the children of men;)


simplify: For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for as often as thou speakest of him, thou waggest the head.

For did you not make sport of Israel? was he taken among thieves? for whenever you were talking about him, you were shaking your head over him.


simplify: In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.

Among whom you were living in the past, when you did such things.


rate difficulty: and at the side without, at the going up to the opening of the north gate, <FI>are<Fi> two tables; and at the other side that <FI>is<Fi> at the porch of the gate, <FI>are<Fi> two tables;


simplify: I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;

I, even I, am your comforter: are you so poor in heart as to be in fear of man who will come to an end, and of the son of man who will be like grass?


rate difficulty: Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

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


simplify: And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Ben–hadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel.

And Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, took again from Ben-hadad, the son of Hazael, the towns which he had taken from Jehoahaz his father in war. Three times Jehoash overcame him and got back the towns of Israel.


simplify: Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grantmethe thing that I long for!

If only I might have an answer to my prayer, and God would give me my desire!


rate difficulty: That which comes to a natural death, or is attacked by beasts, he may not take as food, for it will make him unclean: I am the Lord.

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


simplify: For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

For whoever has a desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, but whoever gives up his life because of me, will keep it.


simplify: And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.

And it goes this way and that, round about, turning itself by his guiding, to do whatever he gives orders to be done, on the face of his world of men,


simplify: Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;

And if they take thought, in the land where they are prisoners, and are turned again to you, crying out in prayer to you in that land, and saying, We are sinners, we have done wrong, we have done evil;


simplify: Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.

Do not make attempts to get equal with one who has done you wrong, or keep hard feelings against the children of your people, but have love for your neighbour as for yourself: I am the Lord.


rate difficulty: `Nay, my lord, hear me: the field I have given to thee, and the cave that <FI>is<Fi> in it, to thee I have given it; before the eyes of the sons of my people I have given it to thee--bury thy dead.'

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


simplify: And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who was to have rule over all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was taken up to God and to his high seat.


rate difficulty: And Joshua saith unto Achan, `My son, put, I pray thee, honour on Jehovah, God of Israel, and give to Him thanks, and declare, I pray thee, to me, what thou hast done--hide not from me.'

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


simplify: And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.

And for the open space on the west side, the hangings are to be fifty cubits wide, with ten pillars and ten bases;


rate difficulty: Though I have a great deal to say to you, I would rather not trust it to paper and ink, but I am hoping to come and see you, and to speak with you face to face, so that your joy may be complete.

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


rate difficulty: And they gave to the children of Aaron the priest the city of refuge for the slayer, Hebron and its suburbs; and Libnah and its suburbs,

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


simplify: And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them, saith Jehovah thy God.

And I will have them planted in their land, and never again will they be uprooted from their land which I have given them, says the Lord your God.


simplify: doth the fountain out of the same opening pour forth the sweet and the bitter?

Does a spring give both good and bad water from the same source?


simplify: Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

Son of man, make a song of grief for the king of Tyre, and say to him, This is what the Lord has said: You are all-wise and completely beautiful;


rate difficulty: Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.

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


simplify: But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name.

I hope, however, it will not be long before I see you, and then we will speak face to face. Peace be with you. Our friends here send you their greetings. Greet each one of our friends.


rate difficulty: And at sundown all those who had anyone ill with any sort of disease, took them to him, and he put his hands on every one of them and made them well.

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


rate difficulty: for ye did die, and your life hath been hid with the Christ in God;

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


simplify: Surely God will not hear an emptycry, Neither will the Almighty regard it.

But God will not give ear to what is false, or the Ruler of all take note of it;


simplify: He saith to them, `How then doth David in the Spirit call him lord, saying,

“How is it, then,” Jesus replied, “that David, speaking under inspiration, calls him ‘lord,’ in the passage —


simplify: And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation.

Then let the ox be taken away outside the tent-circle, that it may be burned as the other ox was burned; it is the sin-offering for all the people.


simplify: And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.

And David took all his men with him, every man with his family: and they were living in the towns round Hebron.


rate difficulty: And I gather them unto the river that is going unto Ahava, and we encamp there three days; and I consider about the people, and about the priests, and of the sons of Levi I have found none there;

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


simplify: `And there were with us seven brothers, and the first having married did die, and not having seed, he left his wife to his brother;

Now we had living among us seven brothers; of whom the eldest married and died, and, as he had no family, left his wife for his brother.


rate difficulty: Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:

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


rate difficulty: But if ye seek anything about other matters, it shall be settled in the regular assembly.

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


simplify: As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.


rate difficulty: Now the Hebrews that were with the Philistines as beforetime, and that went up with them into the camp, from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan.

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


simplify: Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Then let not that which has been joined by God be parted by man.


simplify: For the ear trieth words, As the palate tasteth food.

For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.


rate difficulty: Charge these things, and teach;

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


simplify: Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

To Timothy, my true child in the faith: May God, the Father, and Christ Jesus, our Lord, bless you, and be merciful to you, and give you peace.


rate difficulty: And when they brought out the money that had been brought into the house of Jehovah, Hilkijah the priest found the book of the law of Jehovah by Moses.

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


rate difficulty: Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

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


simplify: And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

Then he gave an order to the people to be seated on the earth,


simplify: in which were all the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven,

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


simplify: But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear Jehovah God.

But as for you and your servants, I am certain that even now the fear of the Lord God will not be in your hearts.


simplify: Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant.

Still, at the smell of water, it will make buds, and put out branches like a young plant.


rate difficulty: For we have not made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, following cleverly imagined fables, but having been eyewitnesses of his majesty.

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


simplify: If therefore thy whole body be full of light, having no part dark, it shall be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining doth give thee light.

If, then, all your body is light, with no part of it dark, it will be completely full of light, as when a flame with its bright shining gives you light.


simplify: How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?

Will not the operation of the Spirit have a much greater glory?


rate difficulty: And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the Lord hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And when they were come, they say unto him, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and carest not for any one; for thou regardest not the person of men, but of a truth teachest the way of God: Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cæsar, or not?

And when they had come, they said to him, Master, we are certain that you are true, and have no fear of anyone: you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God: Is it right to give taxes to Caesar or not?


simplify: who also with many honours did honour us, and we setting sail--they were lading <FI>us<Fi> with the things that were necessary.

They also presented us with many gifts, and when we set sail they put supplies of necessaries on board.


simplify: Assemble yourselves, all ye, and hear; who among them hath declared these things? He whom Jehovah loveth shall perform his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.

Come together, all of you, and give ear; who among you has given news of these things? the Lord's loved one will do his pleasure with Babylon, and with the seed of the Chaldaeans.


simplify: but the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul from the liver of the sin-offering, he burnt upon the altar; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

But the fat and the kidneys and the fat on the liver of the sin-offering were burned by him on the altar as the Lord gave orders to Moses.


rate difficulty: Give ear now to this, O foolish people without sense; who have eyes but see nothing, and ears without the power of hearing:

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


simplify: But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that Jehovah doth make a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel.

But against the children of Israel, man or beast, not so much as the tongue of a dog will be moved: so that you may see how the Lord makes a division between Israel and the Egyptians.


rate difficulty: All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.

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


simplify: For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:

For I myself received from the Lord the account which I have in turn given to you — how the Lord Jesus, on the very night of his betrayal, took some bread,


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

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


simplify: And Jehovah heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and Jehovah said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken.

Then the Lord, hearing your words to me, said to me, The words which this people have said to you have come to my ears: what they have said is well said.


rate difficulty: Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.

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


simplify: The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.

The children of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-three.


simplify: `Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a net that was cast into the sea, and did gather together of every kind,

Or again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net which was cast into the sea, and caught fish of all kinds.


simplify: Moreover the Lord thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.

And the Lord will send a hornet among them, till all the rest who have kept themselves safe from you in secret places have been cut off.


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

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


rate difficulty: And I will remove far off from you him [that cometh] from the north, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, his face toward the eastern sea, and his rear toward the hinder sea; and his stench shall come up, and his ill odour shall come up, for he hath exalted himself to do great things.


rate difficulty: A fool’s vexation is presently known; But a prudent man concealeth shame.

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


simplify: and the Jews having seen the multitudes, were filled with zeal, and did contradict the things spoken by Paul--contradicting and speaking evil.

But the sight of the crowds of people filled the minds of the Jews with jealousy, and they kept contradicting Paul’s statements in violent language.


rate difficulty: chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom.

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


simplify: The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.

The old men are no longer seated in the doorway, and the music of the young men has come to an end.


simplify: In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.

Because you were there watching when men from other lands took away his goods, and strange men came into his doors, and put the fate of Jerusalem to the decision of chance; you were like one of them.


rate difficulty: In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and took Israel away to Assyria, placing them in Halah and in Habor on the river Gozan, and in the towns of the Medes.

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


rate difficulty: Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

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


rate difficulty: Joining the other ends of the chains to the gold frames and putting them on the front of the ephod, at the top of the arms.

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


simplify: And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, unto this day.

And the God of Israel put an impulse into the heart of Pul, king of Assyria, and of Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, who took them away as prisoners, all the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to Halah and Habor and Hara and to the river of Gozan, to this day.


rate difficulty: And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

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


simplify: Only rebel not against Jehovah, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is removed from over them, and Jehovah is with us: fear them not.

Only, do not go against the Lord or go in fear of the people of the land, for they will be our food; their strength has been taken from them and the Lord is with us: have no fear of them.


simplify: Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.

Now Isaac, planting seed in that land, got in the same year fruit a hundred times as much, for the blessing of the Lord was on him.


simplify: But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

But the people of the land put to death all those who had taken part in the design against King Amon, and made his son Josiah king in his place.


simplify: And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.


simplify: yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.

There is for us only one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we are for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we have our being through him.


simplify: and he having spoken, immediately the leprosy went away from him, and he was cleansed.

Instantly the leprosy left the man, and he became clean;


simplify: `This Moses, whom they did refuse, saying, Who did set thee a ruler and a judge? this one God a ruler and a redeemer did send, in the hand of a messenger who appeared to him in the bush;

This same Moses, whom they had disowned with the words — ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ was the man whom God sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer, under the guidance of the angel that had appeared to him in the bush.


simplify: Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

But the king's word was stronger than Joab's. So Joab went out and went through all Israel and came to Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: He delivered me from my strong enemy, From them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

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


simplify: But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee:

But put now a question to the beasts, and get teaching from them; or to the birds of the heaven, and they will make it clear to you;


rate difficulty: Mine eye runneth down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

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


simplify: And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?

And about Jehoiakim, king of Judah, you are to say, This is what the Lord has said: You have put this book into the fire, saying, Why have you put in it that the king of Babylon will certainly come, causing the destruction of this land and putting an end to every man and beast in it?


rate difficulty: `And ye turn back and weep before Jehovah, and Jehovah hath not hearkened to your voice, nor hath he given ear unto you;

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


rate difficulty: And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.

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


simplify: and lo, a man from the multitude cried out, saying, `Teacher, I beseech thee, look upon my son, because he is my only begotten;

And just then a man in the crowd shouted out: “Teacher, I entreat you to look at my son, for he is my only child;


simplify: But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of Jehovah.

But I will make an offering to you with the voice of praise; I will give effect to my oaths. Salvation is the Lord's.


rate difficulty: and thou shalt put all this in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons, and shalt wave them as a wave-offering before Jehovah.

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


simplify: For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.

And I say to you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.


simplify: and there were coming together also the people of the cities round about to Jerusalem, bearing ailing persons, and those harassed by unclean spirits--who were all healed.

Besides this, the inhabitants of the towns around Jerusalem flocked into the city, bringing with them their sick and those who were troubled by foul spirits; and they were cured everyone.


rate difficulty: and they bury him in the border of his inheritance, in Timnath-Serah, which <FI>is<Fi> in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the hill of Gaash.

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


simplify: And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

And the Lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is very great, and their sin is very evil,


simplify: He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden.

He is full of strength before the sun, and his branches go out over his garden.


rate difficulty: See, Jehovah, and consider to whom thou hast done this! Shall the women eat their fruit, the infants that they nursed? Shall priest and prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

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


rate difficulty: And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and the cities unto which we shall come.

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


simplify: And morning having come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to put him to death;

At daybreak all the chief priests and the councillors of the nation consulted together against Jesus, to bring about his death.


simplify: There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.

There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for the glory of one star is different from that of another.


simplify: Thus saith the whole congregation of the Lord, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the Lord, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the Lord?

This is what all the meeting of the people of the Lord has said, What is this wrong which you have done against the God of Israel, turning back this day from the Lord and building an altar for yourselves, and being false to the Lord?


simplify: And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:

And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, This is the law of the Passover: no man who is not an Israelite is to take of it:


rate difficulty: `And if Thy people Israel is smitten before an enemy, because they sin against Thee, and they have turned back and confessed Thy name, and prayed and made supplication before Thee in this house--

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


simplify: In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name whereby he shall be called: Jehovah our righteousness.

In his days Judah will have salvation and Israel will be living without fear: and this is the name by which he will be named, The Lord is our righteousness.


rate difficulty: But turning to the God of his father and keeping his laws, and not doing as Israel did.

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


simplify: So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me.

And the wind, lifting me up, took me away: and I went in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord was strong on me.


simplify: And there come near to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying, `Teacher, we wish that whatever we may ask for ourselves, thou mayest do for us;'

James and John, the two sons of Zebedee, went to Jesus, and said: “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”


rate difficulty: Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: The children of Babylon, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, all the children of Asshur with them; all of them attractive young men, governors and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.

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


rate difficulty: The Lord said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

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


rate difficulty: And to the angel of the church in Pergamos say: These things says he who has the sharp two-edged sword:

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


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

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: And they turned aside thither, to go in to lodge in Gibeah: and he went in, and sat him down in the street of the city; for there was no man that took them into his house to lodge.

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


simplify: Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

Send out the blind people who have eyes, and those who have ears, but they are shut.


simplify: And there came to him blind and lame men in the temple, and he healed them,

While he was still in the Temple Courts, some blind and some lame people came up to him, and he cured them.


simplify: one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;

One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;


simplify: The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

The foolish man, folding his hands, takes the flesh of his body for food.


simplify: and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it; when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

And at your back, when you are turning to the right hand or to the left, a voice will be sounding in your ears, saying, This is the way in which you are to go.


simplify: A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat thereof.

A man from a strange country living among you, and a servant working for payment, may not take part in it.


rate difficulty: Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.


simplify: Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

But it was our pain he took, and our diseases were put on him: while to us he seemed as one diseased, on whom God's punishment had come.


rate difficulty: And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

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


simplify: And the prince, when they go in, shall go in in the midst of them; and when they go forth, they shall go forth together.

And the ruler, when they come in, is to come among them, and is to go out when they go out.


rate difficulty: Let all our people learn to devote themselves to doing good, so as to meet the most pressing needs, and that their lives may not be unfruitful.

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


simplify: And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God that is in thy hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people that are beyond the River, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye him that knoweth them not.

And you, Ezra, by the wisdom of your God which is in you, are to put rulers and judges to have authority over all the people across the river who have knowledge of the laws of your God; and you are to give teaching to him who has no knowledge of them.


simplify: Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy beasts, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.

A blessing will be on the fruit of your body, and on the fruit of your land, on the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herd, and the young of your flock.


simplify: Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?

Further, you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Will those who are falling not be lifted up again? will he who has gone away not come back?


simplify: And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter?

And said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said to me, Make less the weight of the yoke which your father put on us?


simplify: Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

Did not God make him as well as me? did he not give us life in our mothers' bodies?


rate difficulty: While their hearts go out to you in love and in prayer for you, because of the great grace of God which is in you.

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


rate difficulty: To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,

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


simplify: For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

For there is hope of a tree; if it is cut down, it will come to life again, and its branches will not come to an end.


rate difficulty: We have heard of the pride of Moab, thathe is very proud; even of his arrogancy, and his pride, and his wrath; his boastings are nought.

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


simplify: Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.

And further, in those days the chiefs of Judah sent a number of letters to Tobiah, and his letters came to them.


simplify: But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

But Jesus answered: “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their dead.”


simplify: To Obed–edom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.

To Obed-edom, that on the south; and to his sons, the store-house.


simplify: And there was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.

And there was with us a young Hebrew, the captain's servant, and when we put our dreams before him, he gave us the sense of them.


rate difficulty: By the hand of thy servants Thou hast reviled the Lord, and sayest: In the multitude of my chariots I have come up to a high place of hills, The sides of Lebanon, And I cut down the height of its cedars, The choice of its firs, And I enter the high place of its extremity, The forest of its Carmel.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

And when he had got out of the boat, straight away there came to him from the place of the dead a man with an unclean spirit.


rate difficulty: And he shall present of the sacrifice of peace-offering an offering by fire to Jehovah; the fat thereof, the whole fat tail, which he shall take off close by the backbone, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is on the inwards,

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