simplify: And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.

And the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel.


simplify: And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines, and begat twenty and eight sons and threescore daughters).

Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, was dearer to Rehoboam than all his wives and his servant-wives: (for he had eighteen wives and sixty servant-wives, and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)


simplify: Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

Or may we be the cause of envy to the Lord? are we stronger than he?


simplify: that ye may walk becomingly unto those without, and may have lack of nothing.

so that your conduct may win respect from those outside the church, and that you may not want for anything.


simplify: Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

But the law is holy, and its orders are holy, upright, and good.


simplify: For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.

For it seems to me against reason to send a prisoner without making clear what there is against him.


simplify: And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.

In consequence of that dazzling light I could not see, but my companions held me by the hand, until I reached Damascus.


rate difficulty: He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

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


rate difficulty: He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.

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


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, requiting the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

Then let your ear be open in heaven, and be the judge of your servants, giving punishment to the wrongdoer, so that his sin may come on his head; and, by your decision, keeping from evil him who has done no wrong.


simplify: Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find your own pleasure, and exact all your labors.

They say, Why have we kept ourselves from food, and you do not see it? why have we kept ourselves from pleasure, and you take no note of it? If, in the days when you keep from food, you take the chance to do your business, and get in your debts;


simplify: And the king stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and all his soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book: and all the people stood to the covenant.

And the king took his place by the pillar, and made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement recorded in the book; and all the people gave their word to keep the agreement.


rate difficulty: And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,

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


simplify: The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?

It is about John’s baptism — was it of divine or of human origin?”


rate difficulty: For this cause the heavens will be shaking, and the earth will be moved out of its place, in the wrath of the Lord of armies, and in the day of his burning passion.

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


rate difficulty: And he said, Take an oath to me; and he took an oath to him: and Israel gave worship on the bed's head.

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


simplify: And they cried out again, Crucify him.


simplify: And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.

It was as thick as a man's open hand, and the edge of it was curved like the edge of a cup, like a lily flower; it would take three thousand baths.


rate difficulty: And the report was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come. And it was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his bondmen.

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


rate difficulty: His winnowing-fan is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing-floor, and store his grain in the barn, but the chaff he will burn with a fire that cannot be put out.”

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


simplify: And he arose, and straightway took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.

And he got up, and straight away took up the bed and went out before them all, so that they were all full of wonder, and gave glory to God, saying, We have never seen anything like this.


simplify: And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers.

And they kept their attention fixed on the Apostles' teaching and were united together in the taking of broken bread and in prayer.


simplify: and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed.

And put it in the resting-place which had been cut out of the rock for himself; and after rolling a great stone to the door of it he went away.


simplify: And Solomon numbered all the sojourners that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found a hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.

Then Solomon took the number of all the men from strange lands who were living in Israel, as his father David had done; there were a hundred and fifty-three thousand, six hundred.


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

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


simplify: be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

Therefore submit to God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.


rate difficulty: For even if you had ten thousand teachers in Christ, you have not more than one father: for in Christ Jesus I have given birth to you through the good news.


rate difficulty: And Aram seeth that they have been smitten before Israel, and send messengers, and bring out Aram that <FI>is<Fi> beyond the River, and Shophach head of the host of Hadarezer <FI>is<Fi> before them.

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


rate difficulty: wherefore, I give you to understand that no one, in the Spirit of God speaking, saith Jesus <FI>is<Fi> anathema, and no one is able to say Jesus <FI>is<Fi> Lord, except in the Holy Spirit.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

Now though Joseph saw that these were his brothers, they had no idea who he was.


simplify: And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said.

And, as Moses and Elijah were passing away from Jesus, Peter exclaimed: “Sir, it is good to be here; let us make three tents, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” He did not know what he was saying;


simplify: Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.

Saying, This man is teaching the people to give worship to God in a way which is against the law.


simplify: And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

And he put an end to the false priests, who had been put in their positions by the kings of Judah to see to the burning of offerings in the high places in the towns of Judah and the outskirts of Jerusalem, and all those who made offerings to Baal and to the sun and the moon and the twelve signs and all the stars of heaven.


simplify: And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.

When the second came, he said ‘Your ten pounds, Sir, have produced fifty.’


simplify: Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:

Of the sons of Merari: Asaiah the chief, and his brothers, two hundred and twenty;


simplify: hereby ye shall be proved: by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

But in this way will you be put to the test: by the life of Pharaoh, you will not go away from this place till your youngest brother comes here.


rate difficulty: `And now, brethren, I have known that through ignorance ye did <FI>it<Fi> , as also your rulers;

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


rate difficulty: The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land settle thy father and thy brethren: let them dwell in the land of Goshen. And if thou knowest men of activity among them, then set them as overseers of cattle over what I have.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these similes, he removed thence,

When Jesus had finished these parables, he withdrew from that place.


rate difficulty: And Shaphan the scribe declareth to the king, saying, `A book hath Hilkiah the priest given to me;' and Shaphan readeth in it before the king.

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


simplify: whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;

Whom we are preaching; guiding and teaching every man in all wisdom, so that every man may be complete in Christ;


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

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


simplify: My beloved is mine, and I am his: He feedeth his flock among the lilies.

My loved one is mine, and I am his: he takes his food among the flowers.


rate difficulty: And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.

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


rate difficulty: And he said to them, Wheresoever ye shall enter into a house, there remain till ye shall go thence.


simplify: A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.

a bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not quench, until he has brought the judgment to a victorious issue,


simplify: but this thou hast, that thou dost hate the works of the Nicolaitans, that I also hate.

But this is in your favor — You hate the life lived by the Nikolaitans, and I also hate it.


rate difficulty: And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

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


rate difficulty: But fear came on every soul: and all sorts of wonders and signs were done by the Apostles.

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


rate difficulty: Presently some Pharisees came up to him, and, to test him, said: “Has a man the right to divorce his wife for every cause?”


rate difficulty: Then Eli said to her, Go in peace: and may the God of Israel give you an answer to the prayer you have made to him.

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


simplify: From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation,

Those from thirty to fifty years old who were able to do the work of the Tent of meeting and of its transport,


rate difficulty: Thy right hand, Jehovah, is become glorious in power: Thy right hand, Jehovah, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.

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


rate difficulty: If I had called, and he had answered me, I would not believe that he hearkened to my voice, —


rate difficulty: For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the Lord: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.


simplify: And ye shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

And death will overtake you among strange nations, and the land of your haters will be your destruction.


simplify: Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

And when I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly be your fate; if he is turned from his sin and does what is ordered and right;


simplify: My son, fear thou the Lord and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions:


rate difficulty: or, how wilt thou say to thy brother, Suffer I may cast out the mote from thine eye, and lo, the beam <FI>is<Fi> in thine own eye?

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


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, in the thirtieth year, in the fourth <FI>month<Fi> , in the fifth of the month, and I <FI>am<Fi> in the midst of the Removed by the river Chebar, the heavens have been opened, and I see visions of God.

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


simplify: But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day, then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he hath established them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.

But if the days go on, and her husband says nothing whatever to her, then he is giving the support of his authority to her oaths and undertakings, because at the time of hearing them he said nothing to her.


simplify: who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

Who went with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah, The number of the men of the people of Israel:


rate difficulty: The men of Beth–azmaveth, forty and two.

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


simplify: Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.

This sin will be to you like a crack in a high wall, causing its fall suddenly and in a minute.


rate difficulty: Now Jonathan, David's father's brother, expert in discussion, and a man of good sense, was a scribe; and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni, had the care of the king's sons;

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


simplify: And they wrought the onyx stones, inclosed in settings of gold, graven with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel.

Then they made the beryl stones, fixed in twisted frames of gold and cut like the cutting of a stamp, with the names of the children of Israel.


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


simplify: And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the Lord had given him rest.

He made walled towns in Judah, for the land was quiet and there were no wars in those years, because the Lord had given him rest.


simplify: They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.


simplify: for I will shew him how many things it behoveth him for My name to suffer.'

I will myself show him all that he has to suffer for my name.”


simplify: For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away.

For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have more: but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.


simplify: O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood; the battle against the children of iniquity doth not overtake them in Gibeah.

O Israel, you have done evil from the days of Gibeah; there they took up their position, so that the fighting against the children of evil might not overtake them in Gibeah.


simplify: And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.

And the children of Benjamin said, They are giving way before us as at first. But the children of Israel said, Let us go in flight and get them away from the town, into the highways.


simplify: So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

So then you are no longer as those who have no part or place in the kingdom of God, but you are numbered among the saints, and of the family of God,


rate difficulty: And Nahash the Ammonite said unto them, On this condition will I make it with you, that all your right eyes be put out; and I will lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.

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


rate difficulty: And twelve lions were placed on one side and on the other side on the six steps: there was nothing like it in any kingdom.

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


rate difficulty: And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah.

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


simplify: Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.

Is not he the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? And are not his sisters, too, living here among us?” This proved a hindrance to their believing in him;


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake.

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


simplify: For this child I prayed; and Jehovah hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

My prayer was for this child; and the Lord has given him to me in answer to my request:


simplify: Howbeit there is not in all men that knowledge: but some, being used until now to the idol, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

Still, all men have not that knowledge: but some, being used till now to the image, are conscious that they are taking food which has been offered to the image; and because they are not strong in the faith, their minds are troubled.


rate difficulty: So the last will be first, and the first last.

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


rate difficulty: And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.


simplify: And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.

And he gave to the place where God had been talking with him, the name of Beth-el.


simplify: This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.

And this is the agreement which you are to keep with me, you and your seed after you: every male among you is to undergo circumcision.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.

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


rate difficulty: If any one think he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know [it].


rate difficulty: and Joseph looketh on Ephraim's sons of the third <FI>generation<Fi> ; sons also of Machir, son of Manasseh, have been born on the knees of Joseph.

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


simplify: And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and unto all the elders of Israel.

Then Moses put all this law in writing, and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who take up the ark of the Lord's agreement, and to all the responsible men of Israel.


simplify: The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.

The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.


rate difficulty: For this cause, as the waste of the grain is burned up by tongues of fire, and as the dry grass goes down before the flame, so their root will be like the dry stems of grain, and their flower will go up in dust: because they have gone against the law of the Lord of armies, and have given no honour to the word of the Holy One of Israel.

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


rate difficulty: And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the mount of Olives shall be cleft in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

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


simplify: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

for the great day of their wrath is come, and who can stand to meet it?’


simplify: reasonings bringing down, and every high thing lifted up against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Christ,

We are engaged in confuting arguments and pulling down every barrier raised against the knowledge of God. We are taking captive every hostile thought, to bring it into submission to the Christ,


rate difficulty: And the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and said to them, Shall we go against Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up, andGod will give it into the king's hand.

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


rate difficulty: And see; if it goeth up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.

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


rate difficulty: 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 the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.

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


rate difficulty: All that time he ate nothing; and, when it was over, he became hungry.


rate difficulty: And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

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


rate difficulty: And Lebanon is not enough to make a fire with, or all its cattle enough for a burned offering.


simplify: And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the mount of God:

And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to where Moses had put up his tent in the waste land, by the mountain of God.


rate difficulty: And thou hast said unto me, O Lord Jehovah, Buy thee the field for money, and call witnesses; whereas the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

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


simplify: And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.

There you and all your families are to make a feast before the Lord your God, with joy in everything to which you put your hand, because the Lord has given you his blessing.


rate difficulty: Let them be put to shame because they have done disgusting things. They had no shame, they were not able to become red with shame: so they will come down with those who are falling: when my punishment comes on them, they will be made low, says the Lord.

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


simplify: And having taken him aside, Peter began to rebuke him, saying, `Be kind to thyself, sir; this shall not be to thee;'

But Peter took Jesus aside, and began to rebuke him. “Master,” he said, “please God that will never be your fate!”


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

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


rate difficulty: And having cast him forth out of the vineyard, they killed [him]. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do to them?


rate difficulty: and the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Jehovah thyGod hath chosen to do service unto him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah; and according to their word shall be every controversy and every stroke.

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


simplify: Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt-offering upon the wall. And there was great wrath against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.

Then he took his oldest son, who would have been king after him, offering him as a burned offering on the wall. So there was great wrath against Israel; and they went away from him, back to their country.


rate difficulty: `Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take in pledge the garment of a widow;

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


simplify: Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.

Do not keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it.


rate difficulty: Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: and Juda begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom, and Esrom begat Aram,

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


rate difficulty: and these <FI>are<Fi> their names: Ben-Hur in the hill-country of Ephraim;

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


simplify: When thou art come unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;

When you have come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and have taken it for a heritage and are living in it, if it is your desire to have a king over you, like the other nations round about you;


rate difficulty: For I brought thee up from the land of Egypt, And from the house of servants I have ransomed thee, And I send before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

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


rate difficulty: Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, `It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.

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


simplify: But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, all things are clean unto you.

But if you give to the poor such things as you are able, then all things are clean to you.


simplify: And this was done thrice: and straightway the vessel was received up into heaven.

And this was done three times: and then the vessel was taken back into heaven.


simplify: if after the manner of a man with wild beasts I fought in Ephesus, what the advantage to me if the dead do not rise? let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die!

If with only human hopes I had fought in the arena at Ephesus, what should I have gained by it? If the dead do not rise, then — ‘Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die’!


simplify: And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.

But, when they saw him walking on the water, they were terrified. “It is a ghost,” they exclaimed, and cried out in fear.


simplify: And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed:

And he came near and gave him a kiss; and smelling the smell of his clothing, he gave him a blessing, and said, See, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field on which the blessing of the Lord has come:


simplify: so also the faith, if it may not have works, is dead by itself.

In just the same way faith, if not followed by actions, is, by itself, a lifeless thing.


rate difficulty: But there remained two men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the Spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but had not gone out unto the Tent; and they prophesied in the camp.

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


simplify: and we all, with unvailed face, the glory of the Lord beholding in a mirror, to the same image are being transformed, from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

And all of us, with faces from which the veil is lifted, seeing, as if reflected in a mirror, the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into his likeness, from glory to glory, as it is given by the Lord, the Spirit.


simplify: lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

So that you may not be turned to evil ways and make for yourselves an image in the form of any living thing, male or female,


simplify: Her young ones also suck up blood: And where the slain are, there is she.

His young have blood for their drink, and where the dead bodies are, there is he to be seen.


simplify: And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

And if you make me an altar of stone do not make it of cut stones: for the touch of an instrument will make it unclean.


rate difficulty: And take your positions in the holy place, grouped in the families of your brothers, the children of the people, and for every division let there be a part of a family of the Levites.

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


simplify: For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.

The waters of Nimrim will become dry: for the grass is burned up, the young grass is coming to an end, every green thing is dead.


simplify: And Jesus answering him said, `Get thee behind me, Adversary, for it hath been written, Thou shalt bow before the Lord thy God, and Him only thou shalt serve.'

And Jesus answered him: “Scripture says — ‘You should worship the Lord your God, and worship him only.’”


simplify: But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.

But all other winged four-footed things which go on the earth are disgusting to you.


rate difficulty: And the man of thine [whom] I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to cause thine eyes to fail and to grieve thy soul; and all the increase of thy house shall die in their vigour.

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


simplify: Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:

Still, let your heart be turned to the prayer of your servant and to his prayer for grace, O Lord my God, and give ear to the cry and the prayer which your servant makes before you;


simplify: And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

And they came to Ophir, where they got four hundred and twenty talents of gold, and took it back to King Solomon.


simplify: And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.

And on their way through the towns, they gave them the rules which had been made by the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem, so that they might keep them.


simplify: As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets;

As the thief is shamed when he is taken, so is Israel shamed; they, their kings and their rulers, their priests and their prophets;


rate difficulty: And when he shaved his head (for it was at every year's end that he shaved it, because it was heavy on him, therefore he shaved it), he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.

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


simplify: I counsel thee to keep the king’s commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.

I say to you, Keep the king's law, from respect for the oath of God.


simplify: By the multitude of thine iniquities, in the unrighteousness of thy traffic, thou hast profaned thy sanctuaries; therefore have I brought forth a fire from the midst of thee; it hath devoured thee, and I have turned thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

By all your sin, even by your evil trading, you have made your holy places unclean; so I will make a fire come out from you, it will make a meal of you, and I will make you as dust on the earth before the eyes of all who see you.


rate difficulty: and the turban of byssus; and the ornamental caps, of byssus; and the linen trousers, of twined byssus;

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


rate difficulty: And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and byssus, and made cherubim upon it.

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


rate difficulty: All these were registered by genealogy in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

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


rate difficulty: For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

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


simplify: And he looked up, and said, I see men; for I behold them as trees, walking.

And looking up, he said, I see men; I see them like trees, walking.


simplify: A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

A wise man goes up into the town of the strong ones, and overcomes its strength in which they put their faith.


simplify: Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:

So the master sent for the servant, and said to him ‘You wicked servant! When you begged me for mercy, I forgave you the whole of that debt.


rate difficulty: And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves hated by David, they sent to the Aramaeans of Beth-rehob and Zobah, and got for payment twenty thousand footmen, and they got from the king of Maacah a thousand men, and from Tob twelve thousand.

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


simplify: There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.


simplify: And foreigners shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favor have I had mercy on thee.

And men from strange countries will be building up your walls, and their kings will be your servants: for in my wrath I sent punishment on you, but in my grace I have had mercy on you.


rate difficulty: And when Joseph came in, they gave him the things which they had for him, and went down to the earth before him.

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


simplify: Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;


simplify: Then said the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry?

And the Lord said, Have you any right to be angry?


simplify: And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also.

And Saul, having news of this, sent other men, who in the same way became like prophets. And a third time Saul sent men, and they like the others became like prophets.


rate difficulty: But at least you have the credit of hating the works of the Nicolaitans, as I do.

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


rate difficulty: And their names <FI>are<Fi> Aholah the elder, And Aholibah her sister, And they are Mine, and bear sons and daughters. As to their names--Samaria <FI>is<Fi> Aholah, And Jerusalem <FI>is<Fi> Aholibah.

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


rate difficulty: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

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


rate difficulty: `And from the sons of Israel's half thou dost take one possession out of fifty, of man, of the herd, of the asses, and of the flock, of all the cattle, and thou hast given them to the Levites keeping the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.'

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


simplify: Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?

Why are you desiring death, you and your people, by the sword, and because food is gone, and by disease, as the Lord has said of the nation which does not become the servant of the king of Babylon?


simplify: And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place.

And when the day of Pentecost was come, they were all together in one place.


simplify: As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.

By my life, says the Lord, you will no longer have this saying in Israel.


rate difficulty: The sons of Simeon by their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:

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


rate difficulty: and I weigh to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, a heave-offering of the house of our God, that the king, and his counsellors, and his heads, and all Israel--those present--lifted up;

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


rate difficulty: Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, captive daughter of Zion.

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


rate difficulty: And Esther the queen, daughter of Abihail, writeth, and Mordecai the Jew, with all might, to establish this second letter of Purim,

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


rate difficulty: The feared thing of the wicked it meeteth him, And the desire of the righteous is given.

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


simplify: And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but are unable to kill the soul; rather be afraid of him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.


simplify: `And, going on, proclaim saying that, the reign of the heavens hath come nigh;

On your way proclaim that the kingdom of heaven is at hand.


simplify: And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.


rate difficulty: And she said, Let it be as you say. Then she sent them away, and they went; and she put the bright red cord in the window.

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


simplify: And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What is this? a new teaching! with authority he commandeth even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.

And they were all greatly surprised, so that they put questions to one another, saying, What is this? a new teaching! with authority he gives orders even to the unclean spirits, and they do what he says.


simplify: But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

But the people kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.


simplify: And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he sold himself to him unto the year of jubilee: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years; according to the time of a hired servant shall he be with him.

And let the years be numbered from the time when he gave himself to his owner till the year of Jubilee, and the price given for him will be in relation to the number of years, on the scale of the payment of a servant.


rate difficulty: — And the border reached along and turned on the west side, southward from the hill that is before Beth-horon southward; and ended at Kirjath-Baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this is the west side.

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


simplify: Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and slew thy prophets that testified against them to turn them again unto thee, and they wrought great provocations.

But they were hard-hearted, and went against your authority, turning their backs on your law, and putting to death your prophets, who gave witness against them with the purpose of turning them back again to you, and they did much to make you angry.


simplify: Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against Jehovah, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have dealt treacherously: roll a great stone unto me this day.

Then it was said to Saul, See, the people are sinning against the Lord, taking the blood with the flesh. And he said to those who gave him the news, Now let a great stone be rolled to me here.


simplify: For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven.


simplify: All the kings of the nations, all of them, sleep in glory, every one in his own house.

All the kings of the earth are at rest in glory, every man in his house,


simplify: One doth judge one day above another, and another doth judge every day <FI>alike<Fi> ; let each in his own mind be fully assured.

Again, one person considers some days to be more sacred than others, while another considers all days to be alike. Everyone ought to be fully convinced in their own mind.


simplify: And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

So Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen sheet,


rate difficulty: Howl, Heshbon, for spoiled is Ai, Cry, daughters of Rabbah, gird on sackcloth, Lament, and go to and fro by the hedges, For Malcam into captivity doth go, His priests and his princes together.

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


simplify: But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

But on hearing this he said, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.


simplify: And thy mouth like the best wine, That goeth down smoothly for my beloved, Gliding through the lips of those that are asleep.

And the roof of your mouth like good wine flowing down smoothly for my loved one, moving gently over my lips and my teeth.


simplify: Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.

Then they made the king a prisoner and took him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath to be judged.


rate difficulty: No daughter of Israel is to let herself be used as a loose woman for a strange god, and no son of Israel is to give himself to a man.

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


simplify: The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

The Lord is not slow in keeping his word, as he seems to some, but he is waiting in mercy for you, not desiring the destruction of any, but that all may be turned from their evil ways.


rate difficulty: Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

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


simplify: The way of an eagle in the air; The way of a serpent upon a rock; The way of a ship in the midst of the sea; And the way of a man with a maiden.

The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a snake on a rock; the way of a ship in the heart of the sea; and the way of a man with a girl.


simplify: So thou, son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

So you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel; and you are to give ear to the word of my mouth and give them news from me of their danger.


simplify: for at no time did we come with speech of flattery, (as ye have known,) nor in a pretext for covetousness, (God <FI>is<Fi> witness!)

Never at any time, as you know, did we use the language of flattery, or make false professions in order to hide selfish aims. God will bear witness to that.


simplify: therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the nations, and against all Edom, that have appointed my land unto themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with despite of soul, to cast it out for a prey.

For this cause the Lord has said: Truly, in the heat of my bitter feeling I have said things against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who have taken my land as a heritage for themselves with the joy of all their heart, and with bitter envy of soul have made attacks on it:


simplify: And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.

And the children of Dan said to him, Say no more, or men of bitter spirit may make an attack on you, causing loss of your life and the lives of your people.


rate difficulty: And the heart of David smiteth him, after that he hath numbered the people, and David saith unto Jehovah, `I have sinned greatly in that which I have done, and now, O Jehovah, cause to pass away, I pray Thee, the iniquity of Thy servant, for I have acted very foolishly.'

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


simplify: And Jesus having come to the house of the ruler, and having seen the minstrels and the multitude making tumult,

When Jesus reached the leader’s house, seeing the flute players, and a number of people all in confusion,


rate difficulty: And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said: and there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.


simplify: In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

The love of God was revealed to us by his sending his only Son into the world, so that we might find life through him.


simplify: they set up also false witnesses, saying, `This one doth not cease to speak evil sayings against this holy place and the law,

There they produced witnesses who gave false evidence.  “This man,” they said, “is incessantly saying things against this Holy place and the law;


rate difficulty: and they say unto Jephthah, `Come, and thou hast been to us for captain, and we fight against the Bene-Ammon.'

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


simplify: And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:

After some time some of them laid a plot to kill Saul,


simplify: So I made an ark of acacia wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in my hand.

So I made an ark of hard wood, and had two stones cut like the others, and went up the mountain with the stones in my hands.


rate difficulty: Is there in my tongue perverseness? Discerneth not my palate desirable things?

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


simplify: But when Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.

But whenever Moses went in before the Lord to have talk with him, he took off the veil till he came out. And whenever he came out he said to the children of Israel what he had been ordered to say;


simplify: I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: He feedeth his flock among the lilies.

I am for my loved one, and my loved one is for me; he takes food among the lilies.


rate difficulty: Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; from the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and his Spirit.

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


rate difficulty: And Jonadab saith to him, `Lie down on thy couch, and feign thyself sick, and thy father hath come in to see thee, and thou hast said unto him, `Let, I pray thee, Tamar my sister come in and give me bread to eat; and she hath made the food before mine eyes so that I see <FI>it<Fi> , and have eaten from her hand.'

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


simplify: Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;

Today I put before you a blessing and a curse:


simplify: And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar unto Jehovah, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

And Araunah said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To give you a price for your grain-floor, so that I may put up an altar to the Lord, and the disease may be stopped among the people.


rate difficulty: so that your charity may be secret; and your Father, who sees what is in secret, will reward you.

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


simplify: Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;

Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death;


simplify: And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.

And to the families of the sons of Kohath were given towns by the Lord's decision out of the tribe of Ephraim.


simplify: That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.

Turning our hearts to himself, guiding us to go in all his ways, to keep his orders and his laws and his decisions, which he gave to our fathers.


rate difficulty: And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

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


simplify: for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that which thou layedst not down, and reapest that which thou didst not sow.

Because I was in fear of you, for you are a hard man: you take up what you have not put down, and get in grain where you have not put seed.


rate difficulty: And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place.

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


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

For there are those, of whom I have given you word before, and do so now with sorrow, who are haters of the cross of Christ;


simplify: These twenty years have I been in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

These twenty years I have been in your house; I was your servant for fourteen years because of your daughters, and for six years I kept your flock, and ten times was my payment changed.


rate difficulty: Keep before your mind Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David, as told in the good news entrusted to me;

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


simplify: And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

Now on the day after, when the Philistines came to take their goods from the dead, they saw Saul and his three sons dead on the earth in Mount Gilboa.


rate difficulty: and he bringeth near the present to Eglon king of Moab, and Eglon <FI>is<Fi> a very fat man.

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


simplify: Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.

Now Heber the Kenite, separating himself from the rest of the Kenites, from the children of Hobab, the brother-in-law of Moses, had put up his tent as far away as the oak-tree in Zaanannim, by Kedesh.


rate difficulty: with whom Jehovah had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:

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


simplify: This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament; the daughters of the nations shall lament therewith; over Egypt, and over all her multitude, shall they lament therewith, saith the Lord Jehovah.

It is a song of grief, and people will give voice to it, the daughters of the nations will give voice to it, even for Egypt and all her people, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

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


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

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


simplify: And I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and according as I did deliver to you, the deliverances ye keep,

I praise you, indeed, because you never forget me, and are keeping my injunctions in mind, exactly as I laid them on you.


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

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


rate difficulty: And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, Ye have acted unfaithfully, and have taken foreign wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.


rate difficulty: And Jehu gathereth the whole of the people, and saith unto them, `Ahab served Baal a little--Jehu doth serve him much:

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


rate difficulty: Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with psalteries and harps.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


simplify: O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.

We have been speaking freely to you, dear friends in Corinth; we have opened our heart;


rate difficulty: to whom also he presented himself living, after he had suffered, with many proofs; being seen by them during forty days, and speaking of the things which concern the kingdom ofGod;

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


simplify: And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.

And rumors about Jesus traveled through every place in the neighborhood.


rate difficulty: And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?


rate difficulty: one cherub at the end on this <FI>side<Fi> , and one cherub at the end on that, out of the mercy-seat he hath made the cherubs, at its two ends;

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


rate difficulty: And lift me up doth a spirit, and I hear behind me a noise, a great rushing--`Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the honour of Jehovah from His place!' --


rate difficulty: For who isGod, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, save ourGod?

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


rate difficulty: He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne.

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


simplify: Behold, I am Jehovah, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?

See, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there anything so hard that I am unable to do it?


rate difficulty: I will myself show him all that he has to suffer for my name.”

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


simplify: And they journeyed from Beth–el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.

So they went on from Beth-el; and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, the pains of birth came on Rachel and she had a hard time.


rate difficulty: And the people said to Joshua, No! But we will be the servants of the Lord.


rate difficulty: And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.

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


rate difficulty: Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;


rate difficulty: and Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.

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


simplify: And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one may be cut off from the mount of Esau by slaughter.

And your men of war, O Teman, will be overcome with fear, so that every one of them may be cut off from the mountain of Esau.


simplify: Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst, Fear not.

You came near in the day when I made my prayer to you: you said, Have no fear.


simplify: He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

The person who lives sinfully belongs to the devil, for the devil has sinned from the first. It was for this that the Son of God appeared, that he might undo the devil’s work.


rate difficulty: And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.

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


simplify: And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.

And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred and twenty-eight.


simplify: And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

When I take away your bread of life, ten women will be cooking bread in one oven, and your bread will be measured out by weight; you will have food but never enough.


simplify: And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?

And when the boy came to the place where the arrow was, Jonathan, crying out after the boy, said, Has it not gone past you?


rate difficulty: Do not say sharp words to one who has authority in the church, but let your talk be as to a father, and to the younger men as to brothers:

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


simplify: And what man is there that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not used the fruit thereof? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use the fruit thereof.

Or if any man has made a vine-garden without taking the first-fruits of it, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another may not be the first to make use of the fruit.


rate difficulty: And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water; and he shall be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, but shall dwell outside his tent seven days.


rate difficulty: For if the operation of the law, giving death, recorded in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the eyes of the children of Israel had to be turned away from the face of Moses because of its glory, a glory which was only for a time:

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


simplify: If I have withheld the poor fromtheirdesire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;


simplify: And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.

That very night the followers sent Paul and Silas off to Beroea; and on reaching that place, they went to the Jewish synagogue.


simplify: and be found in him, not having a righteousness of mine own, even that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:

And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:


rate difficulty: And Joseph bringeth them out from between his knees, and boweth himself on his face to the earth;

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


simplify: So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,

So when death had overtaken all the men of war among the people,


rate difficulty: So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram was keeping Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria;

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


simplify: whoremongers, sodomites, men-stealers, liars, perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that to sound doctrine is adverse,

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


rate difficulty: For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.

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


simplify: and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of workmanship.

In cutting stones for framing, and to do every form of woodwork.


simplify: wherefore be of good cheer, men! for I believe God, that so it shall be, even as it hath been spoken to me,

Therefore, courage, my friends! For I believe God, that everything will happen exactly as I have been told.


rate difficulty: and he who is spiritual, doth discern indeed all things, and he himself is by no one discerned;

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


simplify: and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;

And their meal offering and their drink offerings for the oxen, for the male sheep, and for the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered:


simplify: And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it.

Leaving that place, Jesus and his disciples went on their way through Galilee; but he did not wish anyone to know it,


rate difficulty: and she is dwelling under the palm-tree of Deborah, between Ramah and Beth-El, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and the sons of Israel go up unto her for judgment.

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


simplify: For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

For they made high places and upright stones and wood pillars on every high hill and under every green tree;


rate difficulty: Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.

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


rate difficulty: And they cried out with a loud voice, and held their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;

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


simplify: Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.

But if you say to the upright man that he is not to do evil, he will certainly keep his life because he took note of your word; and your life will be safe.


simplify: but he who did endure to the end, he shall be saved;

Yet the person who endures to the end will be saved.


simplify: Then said David, O Lord God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

Then David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, news has been given to your servant that it is Saul's purpose to come to Keilah and send destruction on the town because of me.


simplify: And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?

And he said to the children of Israel, When your children say to their fathers in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?


rate difficulty: And of this measure, let a space be measured, twenty-five thousand long and ten thousand wide: in it there will be the holy place, even the most holy.

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


simplify: But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again:

But if the size of the mark on his skin is increased after he has been seen by the priest, let him go to the priest again:


rate difficulty: and the city hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they may shine in it; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp of it <FI>is<Fi> the Lamb;

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


rate difficulty: And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.

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


simplify: So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.

So he went away with all he had, and went across the River in the direction of the hill-country of Gilead.


rate difficulty: And I hope, in the Lord Jesus, Timotheus to send quickly to you, that I also may be of good spirit, having known the things concerning you,

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


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

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


rate difficulty: but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.'

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


simplify: So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.

So we went without food, requesting our God for this: and his ear was open to our prayer.


simplify: And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the first-born, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,

And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the oldest, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,


simplify: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

Because the god of this world has made blind the minds of those who have not faith, so that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not be shining on them.


rate difficulty: Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:

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


rate difficulty: and they sent the vest of many colours and had it carried to their father, and said, This have we found: discern now whether it is thy son's vest or not.


rate difficulty: Into their secret, come not, O my soul! Unto their assembly be not united, O mine honour; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will eradicated a prince.

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


simplify: When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.

When you get in the grain from your field, if some of the grain has been dropped by chance in the field, do not go back and get it, but let it be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow: so that the blessing of the Lord your God may be on all the work of your hands.


simplify: and--On hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou mayest dash against a stone thy foot.'

And ‘On their hands they will lift you up, otherwise you might strike your foot against a stone.’”


rate difficulty: And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.


simplify: Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:

Though some are preaching Christ out of envy and competition, others do it out of a good heart:


rate difficulty: Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?

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


simplify: and hardly passing it, we came to a certain place called `Fair Havens,' nigh to which was the city <FI>of<Fi> Lasaea.

and with difficulty, by keeping close in shore, we reached a place called ‘Fair Havens,’ near which was the town of Lasea.


simplify: Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.

Then those of you who are in Judea must take refuge in the mountains, those who are in Jerusalem must leave at once, and those who are in the country places must not go into it.


rate difficulty: And he said, Be it far from me, O Jehovah, that I should do this: shall I drink the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

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


simplify: A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

An untrained ass, used to the waste land, breathing up the wind in her desire; at her time, who is able to send her away? all those who are looking for her will have no need to make themselves tired; in her month they will get her.


simplify: because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon; and they have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and mine ordinances, as did David his father.

Because they are turned away from me to the worship of Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, and Chemosh, the god of Moab, and Milcom, the god of the Ammonites; they have not been walking in my ways or doing what is right in my eyes or keeping my laws and my decisions as his father David did.


rate difficulty: and no wonder--for even the Adversary doth transform himself into a messenger of light;

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


simplify: If any man is hungry, let him eat at home; that your coming together be not unto judgment. And the rest will I set in order whensoever I come.

If any man is in need of food, let him take his meal in his house; so that you may not come together to your damage. And the rest I will put in order when I come.


rate difficulty: Then Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife so that I may have her, for the days are ended.

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


rate difficulty: And the feast of the unleavened food was coming nigh, that is called Passover,


rate difficulty: The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.


simplify: And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:

After these things there came to my ears a sound like the voice of a great band of people in heaven, saying, Praise to the Lord; salvation and glory and power be to our God:


rate difficulty: And she said, According to your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed. And she bound the scarlet line in the window.


simplify: And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.

And they made one, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was going by, coming from the country, go with them, so that he might take his cross.


simplify: And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.

And they said to King Solomon, Joab has gone in flight to the Tent of the Lord and is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, make an attack on him.


simplify: Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because Jehovah loveth his people, he hath made thee king over them.

Then Huram, king of Tyre, sent Solomon an answer in writing, saying, Because of his love for his people the Lord has made you king over them.


simplify: Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

However, in the business of the representatives sent by the rulers of Babylon to get news of the wonder which had taken place in the land, God gave up guiding him, testing him to see what was in his heart.


simplify: Wherefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

For this reason the Lord, the God of armies, has said: Because you have said this, I will make my words in your mouth a fire, and this people wood, and they will be burned up by it.


simplify: That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

Who made the world a waste, overturning its towns; who did not let his prisoners loose from the prison-house.


simplify: And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.

Rewarding his haters to their face with destruction; he will have no mercy on his hater, but will give him open punishment.


simplify: But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah seven days: in the seventh day is a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.

And every day for seven days you will give a burned offering to the Lord; and on the seventh day there will be a holy meeting; you may do no field-work.


rate difficulty: And these signs shall follow those that have believed: in my name they shall cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;


simplify: And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

Now about that time, Jesus went out, up the hill, to pray, and spent the whole night in prayer to God.


simplify: this one did Paul wish to go forth with him, and having taken <FI>him<Fi> , he circumcised him, because of the Jews who are in those places, for they all knew his father--that he was a Greek.

Wishing to take this man with him on his journey, Paul caused him to be circumcised out of consideration for the Jews in that neighborhood, for they all knew that his father had been a Greek.


rate difficulty: And Ben-Hadad hearkened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his forces against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-Beth-Maachah, and all Kinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

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


simplify: And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read even this, what David did, when he was hungry, he, and they that were with him;

And Jesus said, Have you not seen in the Writings what David did when he was in need of food, he, and those who were with him;


simplify: And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.

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


rate difficulty: and it came to pass, when we came to the lodging-place, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.

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


rate difficulty: `And thou hast made on the breastplate wreathed chains, work of thick bands, of pure gold;

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


simplify: and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

And the ways across the river have been taken, and the water-holes ... burned with fire, and the men of war are in the grip of fear.


rate difficulty: One comes to his end in complete well-being, full of peace and quiet:

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


rate difficulty: And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.

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


simplify: And they rose up that very hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,

And that very hour they got up and went back to Jerusalem, where the eleven and the others had come together.


simplify: For he clave to Jehovah; he departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which Jehovah commanded Moses.

For his heart was fixed on the Lord, not turning from his ways, and he did his orders which the Lord gave to Moses.


simplify: But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:

But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has given us good news of your faith and love, and that you have happy memories of us, desiring greatly to see us, even as we do to see you;


simplify: Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Do not keep company with those who have not faith: for what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark?


rate difficulty: Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.

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


rate difficulty: `I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation.

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


rate difficulty: And afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.


simplify: And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.

And the sons of Appaim: Ishi. And the sons of Ishi: Sheshan. And the sons of Sheshan: Ahlai.


simplify: Then understood the disciples that concerning John the Baptist he spake to them.

Then the disciples understood that it was of John the Baptist that he had spoken to them.


rate difficulty: only, the cattle and the spoil of that city have Israel spoiled for themselves, according to the word of Jehovah which He commanded Joshua.


simplify: Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.


rate difficulty: and murmur in your tents, and say, In Jehovah's hating us He hath brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorite--to destroy us;

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


simplify: And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.

And the floor of the house was covered with gold, inside and out.


simplify: The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.

By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.


rate difficulty: And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?

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


simplify: My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.

You did not anoint even my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfume.


simplify: And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it on the wood. And he said, Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt-offering, and on the wood.

And he put the wood in order, and, cutting up the ox, put it on the wood. Then he said, Get four vessels full of water and put it on the burned offering and on the wood. And he said, Do it a second time, and they did it a second time;


simplify: Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:

For the prophets who gave the news of the grace which would come to you, made search with all care for knowledge of this salvation;


rate difficulty: And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him, and he abode with him three days; and they ate and drank, and lodged there.

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


simplify: Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The Lord our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

Is it not Hezekiah who has got you to do it, causing your death from need of food and water, by saying, The Lord our God will give us salvation out of the hands of the king of Assyria?


simplify: then he shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more:

Then his hair is to be cut off, but not on the diseased place, and he is to be shut up for seven days more:


rate difficulty: For all the while my breath <FI>is<Fi> in me, And the spirit of God in my nostrils.


simplify: And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.

And when the Lord saw her, he had pity on her and said to her, Be not sad.


rate difficulty: And anyone touching her bed will have to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.

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


simplify: And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

So that servant went down on his face, requesting him and saying, Give me time and I will make payment to you.


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, at the end of three days, that the authorities pass over into the midst of the camp,

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


rate difficulty: Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts.

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


rate difficulty: But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

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


simplify: Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.

Say to the children of Israel that they are to keep my Sabbaths; for the Sabbath day is a sign between me and you through all your generations; so that you may see that I am the Lord who makes you holy.


simplify: as it is written,  There is none righteous, no, not one;

As it is said in the holy Writings, There is not one who does righteousness;


simplify: And now thy two sons, who were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine.

And now your two sons who came to birth in Egypt before I came to you here, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, in the same way as Reuben and Simeon are.


simplify: Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? Men in whom ripe age is perished.

Of what use is the strength of their hands to me? all force is gone from them.


simplify: And it was made with cherubim and palm-trees; and a palm-tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces;

And it had pictured forms of winged beings and palm-trees; a palm-tree between two winged ones, and every winged one had two faces;


rate difficulty: But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.

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simplify: There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elisabeth;

In the reign of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the division called after Abijah. His wife, whose name was Elizabeth, was also a descendant of Aaron.


simplify: And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer–sheba.

And early in the morning Abraham got up, and gave Hagar some bread and a water-skin, and put the boy on her back, and sent her away: and she went, wandering in the waste land of Beer-sheba.


simplify: the princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, that passed between the parts of the calf;

The rulers of Judah and the rulers of Jerusalem, the unsexed servants and the priests and all the people of the land who went between the parts of the ox,


rate difficulty: And he said, They are indeed my people, children that will not lie; and he became their Saviour.

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


rate difficulty: and many were rebuking him, that he might keep silent, but the more abundantly he cried out, `Son of David, deal kindly with me.'


simplify: That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

Then I will send rain on your land at the right time, the early rains and the late rains, so that you may get in your grain and your wine and your oil.


rate difficulty: to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.

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


simplify: That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt observe and do; according as thou hast vowed unto Jehovah thy God, a freewill-offering, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.

Whatever your lips have said, see that you do it; for you gave your word freely to the Lord your God.


simplify: Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river Chebar, and to where they dwelt; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.

Then I came to those who had been taken away as prisoners, who were at Telabib by the river Chebar, and I was seated among them full of wonder for seven days.


simplify: The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.

The children of Senaah, three thousand, nine hundred and thirty.


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

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


simplify: The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat? saith Jehovah.

If a prophet has a dream, let him give out his dream; and he who has my word, let him give out my word in good faith. What has the dry stem to do with the grain? says the Lord.


rate difficulty: And he saith unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while. For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

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


rate difficulty: And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.

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


simplify: Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master’s son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master’s son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

And you and your sons and your servants are to take care of the land for him, and get in the fruit of it, so that your master's son may have food: but Mephibosheth, your master's son, will have a place at my table at all times. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.


simplify: And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!

When the disciples saw this, they exclaimed in astonishment: “How suddenly the fig tree withered up!”


simplify: And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, seated by the place of the dead.


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

And the two kidneys, and the fat on them, which is by the top of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, he is to take away:


simplify: and the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah having turned to ashes, with an overthrow did condemn, an example to those about to be impious having set <FI>them<Fi> ;

He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and reduced them to ashes, holding them up as a warning to the godless of what was in store for them;


simplify: What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?

What profit has the worker in the work which he does?


rate difficulty: For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.

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


simplify: We love him, because he first loved us.

We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.


simplify: (for thou shalt worship no other god: for Jehovah, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God);

For you are to be worshippers of no other god: for the Lord is a God who will not give his honour to another.