simplify: And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.

Then Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the meeting and the heads of the families of Israel who were with him, hearing what the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh said, were pleased.


simplify: And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:

And in the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.


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

Let those who have ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.”


simplify: and when the ship was caught, and could not face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven.

And when the ship got into the grip of it, and was not able to make headway into the wind, we gave way, and went before it.


rate difficulty: I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: He will surely wind thee round and round, and toss thee like a ball into a large country; there shalt thou die, and there shall be the chariots of thy glory, thou shame of thy lord’s house.

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


rate difficulty: And when the sabbath was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, Whence hath this man these things? and, What is the wisdom that is given unto this man, and what mean such mighty works wrought by his hands?

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


simplify: wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee; neither shall there any after thee have the like.

Wisdom and knowledge are given to you; and I will give you wealth and honour, such as no king has had before you or ever will have after you.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt come from thy place out of the uttermost north, thou and many peoples with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great assemblage and a mighty army.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


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


rate difficulty: And now, lay <FI>it<Fi> , I pray you, to your heart, From this day, and onwards, Before the laying of stone to stone in the temple of Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: who appeared for many days to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.


rate difficulty: And the men were full of wonder, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea do his orders?

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


rate difficulty: And on the east side of Jordan at Jericho, they made selection of Bezer in the waste land, in the table-land, out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

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


simplify: Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.

Then Solomon sent for all the responsible men of Israel, and all the chiefs of the tribes, and the heads of families of the children of Israel, to come to him in Jerusalem to take the ark of the Lord's agreement up out of the town of David, which is Zion.


simplify: And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.

Then Pharaoh said, I will let you go to make an offering to the Lord your God in the waste land; but do not go very far away, and make prayer for me.


simplify: And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

cure the sick there, and tell people ‘The kingdom of God is close at hand.


rate difficulty: And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, My lord, O king, may the sin be on me and on my family, and may the king and the seat of his kingdom be clear of sin!

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


rate difficulty: Did the gods of the nations deliver them whom my fathers destroyed--Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who <FI>are<Fi> in Telassar?

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


rate difficulty: And they came with their offerings before the Lord, six covered carts and twelve oxen; a cart for every two of the chiefs, and for every one an ox.

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


simplify: And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

But while they were on their way to buy it, the groom came; and the bridesmaids who were ready went in with him to the banquet, and the door was shut.


simplify: And the men of Kirjath–jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the Lord.

So the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took the ark of the Lord to the house of Abinadab in Gibeah, and they made his son Eleazar holy and put the ark in his care.


simplify: Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.

For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.


simplify: And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?

And the Lord said to Moses, How long will you go against my orders and my laws?


simplify: And Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.

And Saul's daughter Michal was in love with David: and Saul had word of it and was pleased.


rate difficulty: And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them; thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: and Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez;

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


rate difficulty: And on the day after, when they came down from the mountain, a great band of people came to him.

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


rate difficulty: and he said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath; who keepest covenant and lovingkindness with thy servants, that walk before thee with all their heart;

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


rate difficulty: and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


simplify: in stripes, in imprisonments, in insurrections, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,

in floggings, in imprisonments, in riots, in toils, in sleepless nights, in fastings;


rate difficulty: And the great town was cut into three parts, and the towns of the nations came to destruction: and Babylon the great came into mind before God, to be given the cup of the wine of his wrath.

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


rate difficulty: and on their resisting and speaking evil, having shaken <FI>his<Fi> garments, he said unto them, `Your blood <FI>is<Fi> upon your head--I am clean; henceforth to the nations I will go on.'

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


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and will destroy thy chariots:

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.

And Moses made the people come out of their tents and take their places before God; and they came to the foot of the mountain,


rate difficulty: And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?


simplify: and Jesus having seen their faith, saith to the paralytic, `Child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'

When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man: “Child, your sins are forgiven.”


rate difficulty: And they have afflicted the land of Asshur with the sword, And the land of Nimrod at its openings, And he hath delivered from Asshur when he doth come into our land, And when he treadeth in our borders.

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


rate difficulty: Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek Jehovah: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged.

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


simplify: `Therefore those able among you--saith he--having come down together, if there be anything in this man--let them accuse him;'

“So let the influential men among you,” he said, “go down with me, and if there is anything amiss in the man, charge him formally with it.”


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever.

These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Edom, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because his sword was turned against his brother, without pity, and his wrath was burning at all times, and he was angry for ever.


simplify: They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

Those who were used to feasting on delicate food are wasted in the streets: those who as children were dressed in purple are stretched out on the dust.


rate difficulty: who, having come down, prayed for them that they might receive [the] Holy Spirit;


simplify: Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

So then, my child, be strong in the grace which is in Christ Jesus.


simplify: Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will send thee away from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast spoken rebellion against Jehovah.

For this reason the Lord has said, See, I will send you away from off the face of the earth: this year death will overtake you, because you have said words against the Lord.


rate difficulty: For ye can all prophesy one by one, that all may learn and all be encouraged.

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


simplify: how then may the Writings be fulfilled, that thus it behoveth to happen?'

But in that case how would the scriptures be fulfilled, which say that this must be?”


simplify: But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

But take no part in wrong and foolish talk, for those who do so will go farther into evil,


simplify: But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

When praying, do not repeat the same words over and over again, as is done by the Gentiles, who think that by using many words they will obtain a hearing.


simplify: for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

The wages of sin are death, but the gift of God is eternal life, through union with Christ Jesus, our Lord.


simplify: And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.

“I will come and cure him,” answered Jesus.


rate difficulty: And Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

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


simplify: And Jesus having stood, commanded him to be brought unto him, and he having come nigh, he questioned him,

Then Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. And, when he had come close up to him, Jesus asked him:


simplify: for he that giveth him greeting partaketh in his evil works.

For he who gives him words of love has a part in his evil works.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.

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


simplify: And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Cesar’s.

And, when they had brought it, he asked: “Whose head and title are these?”  “The Emperor’s,” they said;


simplify: And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.

And come back to me with your youngest brother: then I will be certain that you are true men, and I will give your brother back to you and let you do trade in the land.


rate difficulty: And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.

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


simplify: Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.

Then an opening was made in the wall of the town, and all the men of war went in flight out of the town by night through the doorway between the two walls which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldaeans were stationed round the town:) and they went by the way of the Arabah.


simplify: My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth from me, and they are not: there is none to spread my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

My tent is pulled down and all my cords are broken: my children have gone from me, and they are not: no longer is there anyone to give help in stretching out my tent and hanging up my curtains.


rate difficulty: He that has ears, let him hear.

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


simplify: Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.

For you can easily verify that it is not more than twelve days ago that I went up to worship at Jerusalem,


rate difficulty: and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear night and day, and shalt have no assurance of thy life.

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


rate difficulty: for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;

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


simplify: those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred.

Forty thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Ephraim were numbered.


rate difficulty: But be ye doers of [the] word and not hearers only, beguiling yourselves.

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


rate difficulty: And with an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, he prepareth a present, and for the lambs as his hand attaineth, and of oil a hin for an ephah.

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


simplify: So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.


simplify: And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En–gedi.

Now when Saul came back from fighting the Philistines, news was given him that David was in the waste land of En-gedi.


rate difficulty: Whoso hath found a wife hath found a good thing, and hath obtained favour from Jehovah.

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


simplify: the candlestick also for the light, and its vessels, and its lamps, and the oil for the light;

And the support for the lights, with its vessels and its lights and the oil for the light;


simplify: And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.

And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in the place of David my father; and I am only a young boy, with no knowledge of how to go out or come in.


rate difficulty: a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;


simplify: She riseth also while it is yet night, And giveth food to her household, And their task to her maidens.

She gets up while it is still night, and gives meat to her family, and their food to her servant-girls.


rate difficulty: Now it came to pass when David was in Edom, when Joab the captain of the host had gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom

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


simplify: Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.

His master, I tell you, will put him in charge of the whole of his property.


simplify: And they brought near the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands upon them:

Then they took the he-goats for the sin-offering, placing them before the king and the meeting of the people, and they put their hands on them:


rate difficulty: and thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.

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


rate difficulty: He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king’s person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.

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


simplify: And all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

On that day twelve thousand were put to death, men and women, all the people of Ai.


rate difficulty: and the border hath gone up <FI>to<Fi> Beth-Hoglah, and passed over on the north of Beth-Arabah, and the border hath gone up <FI>to<Fi> the stone of Bohan son of Reuben:

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


simplify: All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.

All you beasts of the field, come together for your meat, even all you beasts of the wood.


simplify: And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the Lord the third day?

And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What is to be the sign that the Lord will make me well, and that I will go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?


rate difficulty: Bring everything to the test; cling to what is good;


rate difficulty: As overthrown by God with Sodom, And with Gomorrah, and with its neighbours, An affirmation of Jehovah, none doth dwell there, Nor sojourn in her doth a son of man.


simplify: Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

Zelek the Ammonite, and Naharai the Berothite, the servant who had the care of the arms of Joab, the son of Zeruiah;


simplify: There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

There is no peace, says my God, for the evil-doers.


simplify: to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He did make us accepted in the beloved,

and so to enhance that glorious manifestation of his loving kindness which he gave us in the one he loves;


simplify: And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Jehovah God had not caused it to rain upon the earth: and there was not a man to till the ground;

In the day when the Lord God made earth and heaven there were no plants of the field on the earth, and no grass had come up: for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no man to do work on the land.


rate difficulty: And the second came, saying, [My] Lord, thy mina has made five minas.

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


simplify: And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;


rate difficulty: and her two sons, of whom the name of the one <FI>is<Fi> Gershom, for he said, `a sojourner I have been in a strange land:'

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


simplify: But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.

But if he has a desire to get it back for himself, let him give a fifth more than your value.


simplify: And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.

And their children were talking half in the language of Ashdod; they had no knowledge of the Jews' language, but made use of the language of the two peoples.


simplify: circumcision on the eighth day! of the race of Israel! of the tribe of Benjamin! a Hebrew of Hebrews! according to law a Pharisee!

I was circumcised when eight days old; I am an Israelite by race, and of the tribe of Benjamin; I am a Hebrew, and the child of Hebrews. As to the law, I was a Pharisee;


rate difficulty: The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.


simplify: But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

But their altars are to be overturned and their pillars broken and their images cut down:


rate difficulty: A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what--do I attend to a virgin?


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

Those who were numbered of them, the males from one month old and over, were seven thousand, five hundred.


simplify: The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven or from men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why then did ye not believe him?

The baptism of John, where did it come from? from heaven or from men? And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say to us, Why then did you not have faith in him?


simplify: He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world.


simplify: And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom Jehovah hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, Long live the king.

And Samuel said to all the people, Do you see the man of the Lord's selection, how there is no other like him among all the people? And all the people with loud cries said, Long life to the king!


rate difficulty: But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.

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


simplify: And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul’s daughter, when thou comest to see my face.

And he said, It is well; I will make an agreement with you, but on one condition, which is, that when you come before me, Saul's daughter Michal is to come with you; till she comes you will not see my face.


simplify: And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?

And he said, Give ear now, O family of David: is it not enough that you are driving men to disgust? will you do the same to my God?


simplify: Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing.


simplify: These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. And Kohath begat Amram.

These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. And Kohath was the father of Amram.


rate difficulty: Hollow with boards thou dost make it, as it hath been shewed thee in the mount, so do they make <FI>it<Fi> .

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


simplify: And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.

And he put out the form of a hand and took me by the hair of my head; and the wind, lifting me up between the earth and the heaven, took me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the way into the inner door facing to the north; where was the seat of the image of envy.


rate difficulty: Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar–boznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily.

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


rate difficulty: That is, it is not the children of the flesh, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed.

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


simplify: For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.


simplify: beseech ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he may put forth workmen to His harvest.'

Therefore pray to the owner of the harvest to send laborers to gather in his harvest.”


simplify: And they put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.

And they put his war-dress in the house of their gods, and put up his head in the house of Dagon.


rate difficulty: and they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised up. And they were exceeding sorry.

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


rate difficulty: Are they ‘Servants of Christ’? Though it is madness to talk like this, I am more so than they! I have had more of toil, more of imprisonment! I have been flogged times without number. I have been often at death’s door.

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


rate difficulty: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.

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


rate difficulty: And Naaman said, If not, then let there, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of [this] earth; for thy servant will no more offer burnt-offering and sacrifice to othergods, but to Jehovah.

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


simplify: Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?

Is it not enough that you have taken us from a land flowing with milk and honey, to put us to death in the waste land, but now you are desiring to make yourself a chief over us?


simplify: the word of life holding forth, for rejoicing to me in regard to a day of Christ, that not in vain did I run, nor in vain did I labour;

offering to them the message of life; and then I will be able at the day of Christ to boast that I did not run my course for nothing, or toil for nothing.


simplify: For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,

And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act,


simplify: That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?

He who made the arm of his glory go at the right hand of Moses, by whom the waters were parted before them, to make himself an eternal name;


simplify: And all that dwelt at Lydda and in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

And all those living in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and were turned to the Lord.


rate difficulty: And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.

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


rate difficulty: But the flesh of the ox and its skin and its waste parts are to be burned outside the circle of the tents, for it is a sin-offering.

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


simplify: it behoved thee then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received mine own with increase.

Then you ought to have placed my money in the hands of bankers, and I, on my return, should have received my money, with interest.


simplify: And there was a wall round about in them, round about the four, and boiling-places were made under the walls round about.

And there was a line of wall all round inside them, round all four, and boiling-places were made under it all round about.


rate difficulty: And of Israel: Of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, and Izziah, and Malchijah, and Mijamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.

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


simplify: but I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God: I am Jehovah.

And because of them I will keep in mind the agreement which I made with their fathers, whom I took out of the land of Egypt before the eyes of the nations, to be their God: I am the Lord.


simplify: because of this, in one day, shall come her plagues, death, and sorrow, and famine; and in fire she shall be utterly burned, because strong <FI>is<Fi> the Lord God who is judging her;

Therefore in one day will these curses strike her — death, misery, and famine, and she will be utterly consumed by fire; for mighty is the Lord God who condemned her.


simplify: and he was seeking to see Jesus, who he is, and was not able for the multitude, because in stature he was small,

He tried to see what Jesus was like; but, being short, he was unable to do so because of the crowd.


rate difficulty: But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy, for giving praise unto Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

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


simplify: Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s children.

Among them were Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.


rate difficulty: So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.

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


rate difficulty: And I have delivered the Egyptians Into the hand of a hard lord, And a strong king doth rule over them, An affirmation of the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts.

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


simplify: But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

But the married man gives his attention to the things of this world, how he may give pleasure to his wife.


simplify: And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel.

In form the four of them were all the same, they seemed like a wheel inside a wheel.


simplify: Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.

You have made great the number of your dead in this town, you have made its streets full of dead men.


simplify: This is the law when a man dieth in a tent: every one that cometh into the tent, and every one that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.

This is the law when death comes to a man in his tent: everyone who comes into the tent, and everyone who is in the tent, will be unclean for seven days.


rate difficulty: `And lo, ye have risen in the stead of your fathers, an increase of men--sinners, to add yet to the fury of the anger of Jehovah toward Israel;

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


simplify: Then said Paul, I stand at Cesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.

“No,” replied Paul, “I am standing at the Emperor’s court, where I ought to be tried. I have not wronged the Jews, as you yourself are well aware.


simplify: so shall the king of Assyria lead away the captives of Egypt, and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

So will the king of Assyria take away the prisoners of Egypt and those forced out of Ethiopia, young and old, unclothed and without shoes, and with backs uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.


simplify: Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.

Sorrow is yours, O Moab! Destruction is your fate, O people of Chemosh: his sons have gone in flight, and his daughters are prisoners, in the hands of Sihon, king of the Amorites.


rate difficulty: And when the feet of the priests who take up the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, come to rest in the waters of Jordan, the waters of Jordan will be cut off, all the waters flowing down from higher up, and will come together in a mass.

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


simplify: God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

The Lord is a God who takes care of his honour and gives punishment for wrong; the Lord gives punishment and is angry; the Lord sends punishment on those who are against him, being angry with his haters.


rate difficulty: He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth--having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings--

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


rate difficulty: and with thee I will break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee I will break in pieces the chariot and its driver;

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


simplify: And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen; and he presented himself unto him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

And Joseph got his carriage ready and went to Goshen for the meeting with his father; and when he came before him, he put his arms round his neck, weeping.


rate difficulty: The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him.

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


simplify: For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel it.

For the Lord has said, I will send the people in flight like a stone from the land at this time, troubling them so that they will be conscious of it.


simplify: And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.

And will give him up to the Gentiles to be made sport of and to be whipped and to be put to death on the cross: and the third day he will come back again from the dead.


simplify: It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

It is he who is seated over the arch of the earth, and the people in it are as small as locusts; by him the heavens are stretched out like an arch, and made ready like a tent for a living-place.


rate difficulty: Put to death, then, your members that <FI>are<Fi> upon the earth--whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry--

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


rate difficulty: Saying true and right words, against which no protest may be made, so that he who is not on our side may be put to shame, unable to say any evil of us.

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


rate difficulty: Thou art the Same, Jehovah Elohim, who didst choose Abram and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her:

And he said to them, Whoever puts away his wife and takes another, is false to his wife;


rate difficulty: Our appeal to you was not based on a delusion, nor was it made from unworthy motives, or with any intention of misleading you.

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


simplify: Now the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers’ house among the Simeonites.

Now the man of Israel who was put to death with the woman of Midian was Zimri, the son of Salu, a chief of one of the families of the Simeonites.


simplify: The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir-tree, the pine, and the box-tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

The glory of Lebanon will come to you, the cypress, the plane, and the sherbin-tree together, to make my holy place beautiful; and the resting-place of my feet will be full of glory.


simplify: And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places.

From year to year he went in turn to Beth-el and Gilgal and Mizpah, judging Israel in all those places.


simplify: Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.

He who keeps himself separate for his private purpose goes against all good sense.


simplify: He hath stretched out his hand over the sea, he hath shaken the kingdoms: Jehovah hath given commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy the strongholds thereof.

His hand is stretched out over the sea, the kingdoms are shaking: the Lord has given orders about Canaan, to make waste its strong places.


rate difficulty: his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;


simplify: And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels weighted down with spices, and stores of gold and jewels: and when she came to Solomon she had talk with him of everything in her mind.


rate difficulty: and Simon also himself did believe, and, having been baptized, he was continuing with Philip, beholding also signs and mighty acts being done, he was amazed.


rate difficulty: Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

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


rate difficulty: And he was looking round to see her who did this,

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


rate difficulty: And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.

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


simplify: And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:

Then she gave him the same story, saying, The Hebrew servant whom you have taken into our house came in to make sport of me;


simplify: and if Satan casteth out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand?

And if Satan sends out Satan, he makes war against himself; how then will he keep his kingdom?


simplify: The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.

The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel and Jeush and Jalam and Korah.


simplify: And on the coming sabbath, almost all the city was gathered together to hear the word of God,

On the following Sabbath, almost all the city gathered to hear God’s message.


rate difficulty: For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.

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


rate difficulty: And he came near unto her; and the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thy handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.

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


simplify: He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.

By him I have been made to go in the dark where there is no light.


rate difficulty: Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the Lord God of Israel;

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


simplify: I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?

You will not let me be clear of sin! why then do I take trouble for nothing?


simplify: And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.

And Joiada was the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.


rate difficulty: For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, thou hast broken as in the day of Midian.

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


simplify: Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.

And Jesus in answer said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith, without doubting, not only may you do what has been done to the fig-tree, but even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and put into the sea, it will be done.


rate difficulty: The Lord, the Lord of armies, says, Go to this person in authority, this Shebna, who is over the house; who has made himself a resting-place on high, cutting out a place for himself in the rock, and say,

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


rate difficulty: Blessed shalt thou be in thy coming in, and blessed shalt thou be in thy going out.

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


rate difficulty: So, he said, let those who have authority among you go with me, and if there is any wrong in the man, let them make a statement against him.

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


simplify: Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?

Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth?


simplify: and he who is doing unrighteously shall receive what he did unrighteously, and there is no acceptance of persons.

Those who do wrong will reap the wrong they have done; and there will be no partiality.


rate difficulty: So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he gave by oath to their fathers; so it became their heritage and their living-place.


rate difficulty: And Solomon explained to her all she spoke of, and there was not a thing hidden from Solomon that he did not explain to her.

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


rate difficulty: But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.


rate difficulty: And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked?

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


rate difficulty: and now send back the man's wife, for he <FI>is<Fi> inspired, and he doth pray for thee, and live thou; and if thou do not send back, know that dying thou dost die, thou, and all that thou hast.'

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


simplify: And he made the lamps thereof, seven, and the snuffers thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, of pure gold.

And he made the seven vessels for the lights, and all the necessary instruments for it, of gold.


rate difficulty: So this is what the Lord has said: See, I am giving this town into the hands of the Chaldaeans and into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, the king of Babylon, and he will take it:

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


simplify: And there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him, Teacher, what must we do?

Then tax-farmers came to him for baptism and said to him, Master, what have we to do?


rate difficulty: and coming to us and taking the girdle of Paul, and having bound his own hands and feet, said, Thus saith the Holy Spirit, The man whose this girdle is shall the Jews thus bind in Jerusalem, and deliver him up into the hands of [the] Gentiles.

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


rate difficulty: When he saw their faith, Jesus said: “Friend, your sins have been forgiven you.”


simplify: and bringeth it not unto the door of the tent of meeting, to sacrifice it unto Jehovah; that man shall be cut off from his people.

And does not take it to the door of the Tent of meeting to make an offering to the Lord, that man will be cut off from among his people.


rate difficulty: You are to be upright in heart before the Lord your God.

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


simplify: And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,

And all the mixed people and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon and Gaza and Ekron and the rest of Ashdod;


simplify: Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

You have given your decision against the upright man and have put him to death. He puts up no fight against you.


simplify: If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;

If they do wrong against you, (for no man is without sin,) and you are angry with them and give them up into the power of those who are fighting against them, so that they take them away as prisoners into a strange land, far off or near;


rate difficulty: Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of Jehovah, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put in the house of his gods;

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


rate difficulty: but, on the very day on which Lot came out of Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from the skies and destroyed them all.

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


simplify: but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

But he will do right in the cause of the poor, and give wise decisions for those in the land who are in need; and the rod of his mouth will come down on the cruel, and with the breath of his lips he will put an end to the evil-doer.


rate difficulty: And there stood by him one of Joab’s young men, and said, He that favoreth Joab, and he that is for David, let him follow Joab.

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


rate difficulty: therefore they have called these days Purim--by the name of the lot--therefore, because of all the words of this letter, and what they have seen concerning this, and what hath come unto them,

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


simplify: Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad; wherefore then have ye brought him to me?

Then Achish said to his servants, Look! the man is clearly off his head; why have you let him come before me?


simplify: And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not even with you trespasses of your own against Jehovah your God?

And now your purpose is to keep the children of Judah and Jerusalem as men-servants and women-servants under your yoke: but are there no sins against the Lord your God to be seen among yourselves?


rate difficulty: And the nakedness of thy mother's sister, and of thy father's sister shalt thou not uncover; for he hath laid naked his near relation: they shall bear their iniquity.

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


simplify: For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

For the middle of the night is as morning to them, they are not troubled by the fear of the dark.


simplify: There failed not aught of any good thing which Jehovah had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.

The Lord kept faith with the house of Israel about all the good which he said he would do for them, and all his words came true.


simplify: Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.

Up, let us be going: see, he who gives me up is near.


simplify: And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.

And he put it open before me, and it had writing on the front and on the back; words of grief and sorrow and trouble were recorded in it.


simplify: And behind the doors and the posts hast thou set up thy memorial: for thou hast uncovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them: thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.

And on the back of the doors and on the pillars you have put your sign: for you have been false to me with another; you have made your bed wide, and made an agreement with them; you had a desire for their bed where you saw it


simplify: And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.

So Peter and John went on, and found everything just as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the Passover.


rate difficulty: And Saul saith unto David, `Thou art not able to go unto this Philistine, to fight with him, for a youth thou <FI>art<Fi> , and he a man of war from his youth.'

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


simplify: Yea, I beseech thee also, true yokefellow, help these women, for they labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.

And I make request to you, true helper in my work, to see to the needs of those women who took part with me in the good news, with Clement and the rest of my brother-workers whose names are in the book of life.


rate difficulty: And he saw two boats by the edge of the water, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.


simplify: But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

especially those who, following the promptings of their lower nature, indulge their polluting passions and despise all control. Audacious and self-willed, they feel no awe of the celestial beings, maligning them,


simplify: For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.

Because, she said to herself, if I may but put my hand on his robe, I will be made well.


simplify: Asher drove not out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob;

And Asher did not take the land of the people of Acco, or Zidon, or Ahlab, or Achzib, or Helbah, or Aphik, or Rehob, driving them out;


rate difficulty: Or do you not see that he who is joined to a loose woman is one body with her? for God has said, The two of them will become one flesh.

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


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

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: so shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace unto thy neck.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobijah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred and forty-two.

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


simplify: For there shall be no more any false vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.

For there will be no more false visions or smooth use of secret arts in Israel.


rate difficulty: And Jacob said, The years of my wanderings have been a hundred and thirty; small in number and full of sorrow have been the years of my life, and less than the years of the wanderings of my fathers.

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


rate difficulty: And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

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


simplify: What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.

What then is my reward? This, that when I am giving the good news, I may give it without payment, not making use of my rights as a preacher of the good news.


rate difficulty: and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: if from a thread even to a sandal-thong, yes, if of all that is thine, I take [anything]...; that thou mayest not say, I have made Abram rich;

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


simplify: And after some days Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us return now and visit the brethren in every city wherein we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they fare.

And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go back and see the brothers in every town where we have given the word of God, and see how they are.


rate difficulty: What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?


rate difficulty: Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.

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


simplify: The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.

And the pots and the spades and the scissors for the lights and the spoons, and all the brass vessels used in the Lord's house, they took away.


rate difficulty: And he saith, `Let her go;' and they let her go, and <FI>some<Fi> of her blood is sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses, and he treadeth her down.

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


simplify: Then he said, God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

Then he said, May God's punishment come on me if Elisha, the son of Shaphat, keeps his head on his body after this day.


rate difficulty: And he made the porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits; and a porch before them; and pillars and a threshold before them.

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


simplify: And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.

They will take all the produce of your fields, which would have been food for your sons and your daughters: they will take your flocks and your herds: they will take all your vines and your fig-trees: and with the sword they will make waste your walled towns in which you put your faith.


simplify: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

I have not come to call the religious, but the outcast, to repent.”


rate difficulty: And he gave him orders: Say nothing to any man, but let the priest see you and give an offering so that you may be made clean, as the law of Moses says, and for a witness to them.

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


rate difficulty: Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micah upon the cheek, and said, Where now went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak to thee?

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


simplify: And Jehovah hath performed his word that he spake; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and have built the house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

And the Lord has kept his word; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made the house for the name of the Lord the God of Israel.


rate difficulty: And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.


simplify: And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

As soon as it was daylight, the chief priests, after holding a consultation with the councillors and teachers of the law — that is to say, the whole High Council — put Jesus in chains, and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate.


rate difficulty: And king Zedekiah said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do a thing against you.

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


simplify: I was in the Spirit on the Lord's-day, and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, saying,

I fell into a trance on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like the blast of a trumpet.


simplify: but thou shalt utterly destroy them: the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee;

Give them up to the curse; the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as the Lord your God has given you orders:


simplify: And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed their flocks thereupon; in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening; for Jehovah their God will visit them, and bring back their captivity.

The land by the sea will be for the rest of the children of Judah; by the sea they will give their flocks food: in the houses of Ashkelon they will take their rest in the evening; for the Lord their God will take them in hand and their fate will be changed.


simplify: But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

But I say to you that everyone who puts away his wife for any other cause but the loss of her virtue, makes her false to her husband; and whoever takes her as his wife after she is put away, is no true husband to her.


rate difficulty: And he brought down the people to the water; and Jehovah said to Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down on his knees to drink.

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


simplify: And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.

And straight away he got up before them, and took up his bed and went away to his house giving praise to God.


simplify: They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

They make it beautiful with silver and gold; they make it strong with nails and hammers, so that it may not be moved.


rate difficulty: Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri,

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


rate difficulty: And Elijah answereth and speaketh unto them, `If I <FI>am<Fi> a man of God, fire doth come down from the heavens, and consume thee and thy fifty;' and fire of God cometh down from the heavens, and consumeth him and his fifty.

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


simplify: For we rejoice, when we are weak, and ye are strong: this we also pray for, even your perfecting.

For we are glad when we are feeble and you are strong: and this is our prayer, even that you may be made complete.


simplify: seeing that his divine power hath granted unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and virtue;

Because by his power he has given us everything necessary for life and righteousness, through the knowledge of him who has been our guide by his glory and virtue;


rate difficulty: Therefore the Lord hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.

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


rate difficulty: And, behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

Now when Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.


simplify: And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.

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


rate difficulty: And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the Lord commanded Moses.

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


rate difficulty: And the hearth ofGod was twelve [cubits] long, by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof.

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


simplify: and the hand of Jehovah was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he made himself strong, and went running before Ahab till they came to Jezreel.


rate difficulty: And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason [in their minds], saying, Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who is able to forgive sins butGod alone?

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


simplify: And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.

So Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house; and he was still there: and they went down on their faces before him.


simplify: But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.

But do not allow yourselves to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have only one teacher, and you yourselves are all brothers and sisters.


simplify: And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

Make it your ambition to live quietly, and to attend to your own business, and to work with your hands, as we directed you;


rate difficulty: And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said to him, Thus says Ben-Hadad:

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


rate difficulty: For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his steps.

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


simplify: But when Herod’s birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.

But, when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before his guests, and so pleased Herod,


simplify: But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.

God gives it the body that he pleases — to each seed its special body.


simplify: On behalf of such a one will I glory: but on mine own behalf I will not glory, save in my weaknesses.

On account of such a one I will have glory: for myself I will take no glory, but only in my feeble body.


simplify: having made known to us the secret of His will, according to His good pleasure, that He purposed in Himself,

when he made known to us his hidden purpose. And it also accords with the goodwill which God purposed to exhibit in Christ,


simplify: And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

And I myself am certain of you, brothers, that you are full of what is good, complete in all knowledge, able to give direction to one another.


rate difficulty: And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Speak unto the birds of every wing, and to every beast of the field, Gather yourselves together and come, assemble yourselves on every side to my sacrifice which I sacrifice for you, a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy soul is alienated;

For this is what the Lord has said: See, I will give you up into the hands of those who are hated by you, into the hands of those from whom your soul is turned away in disgust:


simplify: and if children, also heirs, heirs, indeed, of God, and heirs together of Christ--if, indeed, we suffer together, that we may also be glorified together.

and if children, then heirs — heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ, since we share Christ’s sufferings in order that we may also share his glory.


rate difficulty: `And they began with one consent all to excuse themselves: The first said to him, A field I bought, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of thee, have me excused.


simplify: and say to the land of Israel, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

And say to the land of Israel, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, and I will take my sword out of its cover, cutting off from you the upright and the evil.


rate difficulty: and every island vanished, and the mountains disappeared.

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


rate difficulty: And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars.


simplify: And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a monument, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.

And early in the morning he got up and went to Saul; and word was given to Samuel that Saul had come to Carmel and put up a pillar, and had gone from there down to Gilgal.


simplify: Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.

Would he make use of his great power to overcome me? No, but he would give attention to me.


rate difficulty: And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.

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


simplify: For David himself saith in the book of Psalms,  The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

For David himself says in the book of Psalms, The Lord said to my Lord, Take your seat at my right hand,


rate difficulty: And the people repented them for Benjamin, because Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

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


simplify: And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judea a certain prophet, named Agabus.

And while we were waiting there for some days, a certain prophet, named Agabus, came down from Judaea.


rate difficulty: And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

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


rate difficulty: And the rest of the acts of Jehoash, what he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: and there was there a herd of many swine feeding in the mountain, and they were calling on him, that he might suffer them to enter into these, and he suffered them,

There was a drove of many pigs close by feeding on the hill-side; and the demons begged Jesus to give them leave to enter into them. Jesus gave them leave.


rate difficulty: fulfil the week of this one, and we give to thee also this one, for the service which thou dost serve with me yet seven other years.'

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


simplify: And Jesus answering said, `Verily I say to you, there is no one who left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my sake, and for the good news',

“I tell you,”said Jesus, “there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or land, for my sake and for the good news,


rate difficulty: And the twelve, when they came back, gave him an account of what they had done. And he took them with him and went away from the people to a town named Beth-saida.


rate difficulty: Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.

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


simplify: And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord.

Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but not for good faith: they go on from evil to evil, and they have no knowledge of me, says the Lord.


simplify: Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.

See, at that time I will put an end to all who have been troubling you: I will give salvation to her whose steps are uncertain, and get together her who has been sent in flight; and I will make them a cause of praise and an honoured name in all the earth, when I let their fate be changed.


simplify: The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away.

The blower is blowing strongly, the lead is burned away in the fire: they go on heating the metal to no purpose, for the evil-doers are not taken away.


rate difficulty: And having called his disciples to [him] he said to them, Verily I say unto you, This poor widow has cast in more than all who have cast into the treasury:

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


rate difficulty: and Zanoah, and En-Gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,

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


rate difficulty: Let us be glad with delight, and let us give glory to him: because the time is come for the Lamb to be married, and his wife has made herself ready.


rate difficulty: For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were a hundred cubits.

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


simplify: But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

But when you are given up into their hands, do not be troubled about what to say or how to say it: for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you;


rate difficulty: And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.

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


rate difficulty: If someone does not know how to provide for their own household, how can they take charge of the church of God?

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


simplify: And he will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

And he is cutting down the thick places of the wood with an axe, and Lebanon with its tall trees is coming down.


rate difficulty: `And they take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the linen,

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


simplify: The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering,

The ark with its cover and its rods and the veil hanging before it;


simplify: And the fear of the Lord fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.

And the fear of the Lord was on all the kingdoms of the lands round Judah, so that they made no wars against Jehoshaphat.


rate difficulty: And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.

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


simplify: That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,

And all the men of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,


simplify: But if the scall spread abroad in the skin after his cleansing,

But if the disease in his skin becomes worse after he has been made clean,


rate difficulty: whether to governors, as to those sent through him, for punishment, indeed, of evil-doers, and a praise of those doing good;

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


simplify: if anyhow I may attain to the rising again of the dead.

in the hope that, if I become like him in death, I may possibly attain to the resurrection from the dead.


rate difficulty: God's wrath may not be turned back; the helpers of Rahab were bent down under him.


simplify: And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;

And Moses said in the hearing of all Israel, You have seen all the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his servants and all his land;


rate difficulty: For great <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, and praised greatly, And fearful He <FI>is<Fi> above all gods.

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


simplify: And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.

And when the time came for her to give birth, it was clear that there were two children in her body.


simplify: Here is the wisdom! He who is having the understanding, let him count the number of the beast, for the number of a man it is, and its number <FI>is<Fi> six hundred and sixty six.

(Here there is need for discernment.) Let him who has the ability compute the number of the Beast; for the number indicates a person’s name. Its number is six hundred and sixty-six.


simplify: And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows;

And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth, fear among the nations and doubt because of the loud noise of the sea and the waves;


simplify: and they shall look unto the earth, and, behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness they shall be driven away.

And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing.


simplify: That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?


simplify: being begotten again, not out of seed corruptible, but incorruptible, through a word of God--living and remaining--to the age;

since your new life has come, not from perishable, but imperishable, seed, through the message of the Everliving God.


simplify: And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;


simplify: And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.

And it will become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and will be a skin-disease bursting out in wounds on man and beast through all the land of Egypt.


rate difficulty: The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.

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


simplify: and the prudent answered, saying--Lest there may not be sufficient for us and you, go ye rather unto those selling, and buy for yourselves.

But the prudent ones answered ‘No, There may not be enough for you and for us. Go instead to those who sell it, and buy for yourselves.’


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


simplify: If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

If we say that we have not sinned, we are making God a liar, and his message has no place in us.


simplify: So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:

So much is this the case that we ourselves speak with pride, before the churches of God, of the patience and faith which you have shown, in spite of all the persecutions and troubles that you are enduring.


simplify: And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.

And while he was in prayer, his face was changed and his clothing became white and shining.


rate difficulty: So that no one has more authority in this house than I have; he has kept nothing back from me but you, because you are his wife; how then may I do this great wrong, sinning against God?

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


simplify: And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

Then the chief wine-servant gave Joseph an account of his dream, and said, In my dream I saw a vine before me;


simplify: Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities.

Helkath and Rehob with their grass-lands, four towns.


rate difficulty: Howl, ships of Tarshish! for your fortress is laid waste.

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


simplify: Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.

Go down at once and do not hesitate to go with them, for I have sent them.”


rate difficulty: And I have set My throne in Elam, And I have destroyed thence King and princes--an affirmation of Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: In the way that he came, in it he turneth back, And unto this city he doth not come in, An affirmation of Jehovah,

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


rate difficulty: If Cain shall be avenged seven-fold; Lemech seventy and seven fold.


rate difficulty: And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

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


rate difficulty: and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walketh in all the way of David his father, and hath not turned aside--right or left.

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


rate difficulty: Do not you know that you are God’s Temple, and that God’s Spirit has his home in you?


simplify: And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.

And the four kings took all the goods and food from Sodom and Gomorrah and went on their way.


simplify: who did give himself for us, that he might ransom us from all lawlessness, and might purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works;

For he gave himself on our behalf, to deliver us from all wickedness, and to purify for himself a people who should be peculiarly his own and eager to do good.


rate difficulty: Yet, I tell you, the doom of Tyre and Sidon will be more bearable in the ‘day of judgment’ than yours.

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


simplify: and they wrote thus by them, The apostles and the elders, brethren, unto the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting:

And they sent a letter by them, saying, The Apostles and the older brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, may joy be with you:


simplify: Only the tribe of Levi thou shalt not number, neither shalt thou take the sum of them among the children of Israel;

Only the tribe of Levi is not to be numbered among the children of Israel,


simplify: For they that are such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and fair speech they beguile the hearts of the innocent.

For such people are not servants of the Lord Christ, but of their stomachs; and by their smooth and well-said words the hearts of those who have no knowledge of evil are tricked.


simplify: The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: He will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will uncover thy sins.

The punishment of your evil-doing is complete, O daughter of Zion; never again will he take you away as a prisoner: he will give you the reward of your evil-doing, O daughter of Edom; he will let your sin be uncovered.


simplify: and God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release unto you your other brother and Benjamin. And if I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.

And may God, the Ruler of all, give you mercy before the man, so that he may give you back your other brother and Benjamin. If my children are to be taken from me; there is no help for it.


rate difficulty: `Happy are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach, and shall cast forth your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake--

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


simplify: And the families of scribes that dwelt at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

And the families of scribes who were living at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites, the offspring of Hammath, the father of the family of Rechab.


simplify: Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:

And Agrippa said to Paul, You may put your cause before us. Then Paul, stretching out his hand, made his answer, saying:


rate difficulty: Jehovah will smite thee with the boil of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scurvy, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass as she came, that she urged him to ask of her father a field; and she sprang down from the ass. And Caleb said to her, What wouldest thou?

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


simplify: And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.

By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away.


simplify: Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon;

Edom and Moab and the children of Ammon,


simplify: And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord Jehovah! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?

Now while I was saying these things, death came to Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah. Then falling down on my face and crying out with a loud voice, I said, Ah, Lord! will you put an end to all the rest of Israel?


simplify: And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.

And all the chiefs and all the people came gladly and put their money into the chest, till they had all given.


simplify: But he said unto him, A certain man made a great supper; and he bade many:

And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people.


simplify: And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.

But then he took his hand back again, and his brother came first to birth: and the woman said, What an opening you have made for yourself! So he was named Perez.


rate difficulty: I have set the threatening sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied: ah! it is made as lightning, it is pointed for slaughter.

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


simplify: And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

And what agreement has the house of God with images? for we are a house of the living God; even as God has said, I will be living among them, and walking with them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.


rate difficulty: I have set <FI>Him<Fi> till morning as a lion, So doth He break all my bones, From day unto night Thou dost end me.

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


simplify: The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of Jehovah.

And the altar was broken and the burned waste on it overturned; this was the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.


simplify: He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians wounded Joram.

Acting on their suggestion, he went with Jehoram, son of Ahab, king of Israel, to make war on Hazael, king of Aram, at Ramoth-gilead: and Joram was wounded by the bowmen.


simplify: And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

And everyone who was in trouble, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, came together to him, and he became captain over them: about four hundred men were joined to him.


rate difficulty: And ye have known that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, In My opening your graves, And in My bringing you up out of your graves, O My people.

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


rate difficulty: And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: And Peter answering said to him, `Even if all shall be stumbled at thee, I will never be stumbled.'

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


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

For it is the only thing he has for covering his skin; what is he to go to sleep in? and when his cry comes up to me, I will give ear, for my mercy is great.


rate difficulty: Even now will the taker of your heritage come to you, you who are living in Mareshah: the glory of Israel will come to destruction for ever.


simplify: But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the Lord, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.

But Jeremiah said, They will not give you up: be guided now by the word of the Lord as I have given it to you, and it will be well for you, and you will keep your life.


rate difficulty: Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

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


rate difficulty: And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.

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


simplify: Then was brought to him a demoniac, blind and dumb, and he healed him, so that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.

Then some people brought to Jesus a possessed man, who was blind and dumb; and he cured him, so that the man who had been dumb both talked and saw.


simplify: Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

Who may keep his place before his wrath? and who may undergo the heat of his passion? his wrath is let loose like fire and the rocks are broken open by him.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben–hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.

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


rate difficulty: And he said, This is Wickedness: and he cast her into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

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


simplify: It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.


simplify: And I saw one of its heads as slain to death, and its deadly stroke was healed, and all the earth did wonder after the beast,

One of its heads seemed to me to have been mortally wounded, but its deadly wound had been healed. The whole earth followed the Beast, wondering;


rate difficulty: and thou hast said: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I <FI>am<Fi> against thee, O Gog, Prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal,

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


simplify: And they laded their asses with their grain, and departed thence.

Then they put the bags of grain on their asses and went away.


rate difficulty: for she said within herself, `If only I may touch his garment, I shall be saved.'

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