Appendix B: Readability Charts

Genesis

Genesis

Exodus

Exodus

Leviticus

Leviticus

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease

73.5

80.9

69.9

78.5

59

72

Flesch Kincaid Grade Level

9.5

6.9

10.9

7.8

14.3

9.6

Gunning Fog Score

11.4

9.1

13.3

10.4

17.1

12.6

Coleman Liau Index

7.4

7.3

7.9

7.6

7.9

7.7

SMOG Index

5.9

5.4

6.6

5.9

8.3

7.4

Automated Readability Index

10.3

7

12.3

8.4

16.2

10.2

Average Grade Level

8.9

7.1

10.2

8

12.8

9.5

Sentence Count

1,465

1,899

1,109

1,438

659

932

Letter Count

151,839

148,257

131,764

126,945

98,919

95,111

Word Count

38,514

37,760

32,769

31,890

24,621

23,794

Syllable Count

48,552

47,212

41,430

39,880

31,996

30,636

Words Per Sentence

26.3

19.9

29.5

22.2

37.4

25.5

Syllables Per Word

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

Letters Per Word

3.9

3.9

4

4

4

4

Numbers

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Joshua

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease

59.9

66.9

61.8

70.7

56.1

67.4

Flesch Kincaid Grade Level

13.2

10.6

14.4

11.2

15

10.9

Gunning Fog Score

15.4

13.1

17

13.9

16.5

12.7

Coleman Liau Index

8.8

8.7

7.8

7.6

8.7

8.5

SMOG Index

8.7

8.3

7

6.6

8.4

7.3

Automated Readability Index

14.9

11.7

17.1

13

17.3

12.2

Average Grade Level

12.2

10.5

12.7

10.5

13.2

10.3

Sentence Count

990

1,177

723

882

491

653

Letter Count

137,870

132,630

113,983

109,959

78,363

76,344

Word Count

32,945

31,823

28,404

27,647

18,868

18,471

Syllable Count

44,049

42,328

35,323

34,094

24,930

24,178

Words Per Sentence

33.3

27

39.3

31.3

38.4

28.3

Syllables Per Word

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.3

Letters Per Word

4.2

4.2

4

4

4.2

4.1

Judges

Judges

Ruth

Ruth

1 Samuel

1 Samuel

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease

70.1

77.2

77.3

82.9

74.1

80.9

Flesch Kincaid Grade Level

10.2

7.7

8.7

6.6

9.1

6.7

Gunning Fog Score

11.8

9.6

10.8

9.1

11.1

8.9

Coleman Liau Index

8

7.9

7

6.9

7.7

7.5

SMOG Index

6.7

6.1

5.2

5.4

6.5

5.8

Automated Readability Index

11.1

8

9.3

6.6

9.7

6.8

Average Grade Level

9.6

7.9

8.2

6.9

8.8

7.1

Sentence Count

706

888

103

129

1,013

1,289

Letter Count

76,833

75,029

9,999

9,812

100,194

97,420

Word Count

19,006

18,650

2,583

2,543

25,145

24,599

Syllable Count

24,571

23,870

3,179

3,125

31,952

30,988

Words Per Sentence

26.9

21

25.1

19.7

24.8

19.1

Syllables Per Word

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.3

Letters Per Word

4

4

3.9

3.9

4

4

2 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

1 Kings

2 Kings

2 Kings

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease

72.5

79.1

67.1

73.4

70.8

74.3

Flesch Kincaid Grade Level

9.3

6.9

11.3

8.9

10

8.5

Gunning Fog Score

10.9

8.7

13

10.8

11.6

10.3

Coleman Liau Index

7.6

7.6

7.8

7.8

7.6

7.6

SMOG Index

6.8

6.2

7.5

7

7.3

7.1

Automated Readability Index

9.7

6.7

12.4

9.4

10.5

8.7

Average Grade Level

8.9

7.2

10.4

8.8

9.4

8.4

Sentence Count

836

1,072

825

1,003

889

1,015

Letter Count

82,477

80,554

98,688

95,869

93,612

91,784

Word Count

20,717

20,275

24,587

23,907

23,588

23,086

Syllable Count

26,730

26,023

31,813

30,872

30,433

29,860

Words Per Sentence

24.8

18.9

29.8

23.8

26.5

22.7

Syllables Per Word

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

Letters Per Word

4

4

4

4

4

4

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Ezra

Ezra

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease

61.1

64.2

61.6

66.3

56.6

51.9

Flesch Kincaid Grade Level

11.4

10

12.5

10.5

13.6

15.2

Gunning Fog Score

11.9

10.6

14.1

12.2

14.7

16.6

Coleman Liau Index

9.2

9.4

8.8

9

9.2

9.1

SMOG Index

8.8

8.4

8.6

8.3

9.6

10.6

Automated Readability Index

12

10.2

14.1

11.5

15.1

17

Average Grade Level

10.7

9.7

11.6

10.3

12.4

13.7

Sentence Count

758

856

826

960

226

195

Letter Count

86,607

83,986

109,280

106,254

31,701

30,564

Word Count

20,414

19,614

26,122

25,239

7,453

7,223

Syllable Count

28,569

27,682

34,928

33,977

10,284

10,017

Words Per Sentence

26.9

22.9

31.6

26.3

33

37

Syllables Per Word

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.4

1.4

Letters Per Word

4.2

4.3

4.2

4.2

4.3

4.2

Nehemiah

Nehemiah

Esther

Esther

Job

Job

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease

60.2

64.2

60.6

66.3

82.9

85.5

Flesch Kincaid Grade Level

12.3

11

13.2

10.7

5.9

5.5

Gunning Fog Score

13.3

12.3

15

12.6

8.5

8.2

Coleman Liau Index

9.3

9.1

8.7

8.8

8

7.5

SMOG Index

8.9

8.7

8.5

8.1

5.4

5.2

Automated Readability Index

13.5

11.9

14.9

11.8

6

5.5

Average Grade Level

11.5

10.6

12.1

10.4

6.8

6.4

Sentence Count

352

381

170

203

1,074

1,064

Letter Count

44,697

43,126

23,736

22,943

73,238

70,046

Word Count

10,497

10,198

5,715

5,489

18,124

17,663

Syllable Count

14,441

13,923

7,575

7,340

22,887

21,806

Words Per Sentence

29.8

26.8

33.6

27

16.9

16.6

Syllables Per Word

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.2

Letters Per Word

4.3

4.2

4.2

4.2

4

4

Psalms

Psalms

Proverbs

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease

81.2

83.9

77.7

80.2

73.8

80.6

Flesch Kincaid Grade Level

6.1

5.5

6.9

6.6

9.4

7.1

Gunning Fog Score

8.9

8.3

9.7

9.5

12.2

10

Coleman Liau Index

8.1

7.9

8.7

8.1

7.3

7.1

SMOG Index

5.9

5.7

6.4

6.1

6.6

5.9

Automated Readability Index

6.2

5.4

7.1

6.8

10

7.1

Average Grade Level

7

6.6

7.8

7.4

9.1

7.4

Sentence Count

2,585

2,728

838

816

216

263

Letter Count

178,147

173,622

62,668

60,444

21,968

20,837

Word Count

43,783

43,185

15,076

14,872

5,590

5,364

Syllable Count

56,144

54,527

19,752

19,018

7,058

6,694

Words Per Sentence

16.9

15.8

18

18.2

25.9

20.4

Syllables Per Word

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.2

Letters Per Word

4.1

4

4.2

4.1

3.9

3.9

Song of Solomon

Song of Solomon

Isaiah

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Jeremiah

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease

79.9

86.1

70.4

76.6

64.2

73.8

Flesch Kincaid Grade Level

7.2

5.1

10.4

8.3

12.3

8.9

Gunning Fog Score

9.2

7

13

10.8

14.4

11.1

Coleman Liau Index

7.5

7.3

8.2

8

8.2

8

SMOG Index

5.1

4.6

7.2

6.5

8

7.1

Automated Readability Index

7.5

4.7

11.8

9

14

9.6

Average Grade Level

7.3

5.7

10.1

8.5

11.4

8.9

Sentence Count

129

170

1,317

1,579

1,320

1,748

Letter Count

10,540

10,236

150,959

146,122

174,337

168,915

Word Count

2,667

2,604

37,075

36,192

42,727

41,712

Syllable Count

3,339

3,239

47,271

45,751

55,444

53,660

Words Per Sentence

20.7

15.3

28.2

22.9

32.4

23.9

Syllables Per Word

1.3

1.2

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

Letters Per Word

4

3.9

4.1

4

4.1

4

Lamentations

Lamentations

Ezekiel

Ezekiel

Daniel

Daniel

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease

75.7

81.5

64.8

72.7

62.5

70.4

Flesch Kincaid Grade Level

8.1

6.1

12.7

9.6

13

10

Gunning Fog Score

10.8

8.9

15.4

12.4

15.4

12.4

Coleman Liau Index

8.6

8.4

8.1

8.1

8.7

8.8

SMOG Index

6.6

6

7.5

7

8

7.3

Automated Readability Index

8.9

6.4

14.7

10.8

15.3

11.3

Average Grade Level

8.6

7.2

11.7

9.6

12.1

10

Sentence Count

158

195

1,156

1,434

340

431

Letter Count

14,165

13,522

160,026

152,588

48,436

47,199

Word Count

3,413

3,288

39,440

37,643

11,630

11,308

Syllable Count

4,407

4,207

50,070

47,848

15,075

14,683

Words Per Sentence

21.6

16.9

34.1

26.3

34.2

26.2

Syllables Per Word

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

Letters Per Word

4.2

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.2

4.2

Hosea

Hosea

Joel

Joel

Amos

Amos

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease

72.8

81

66.6

74.5

69.7

78.7

Flesch Kincaid Grade Level

9.3

6.2

11.7

8.5

11

7.7

Gunning Fog Score

11.7

8.6

14.5

10.9

13.4

10.1

Coleman Liau Index

8.2

8.3

8.4

8.6

7.9

7.8

SMOG Index

6.5

5.6

7.7

6.5

6.9

6

Automated Readability Index

10.2

6.5

13.6

9.5

12.5

8.4

Average Grade Level

9.2

7

11.2

8.8

10.3

8

Sentence Count

208

289

65

86

141

183

Letter Count

21,119

20,405

8,357

8,138

16,985

15,994

Word Count

5,175

4,985

2,034

1,963

4,221

3,985

Syllable Count

6,652

6,384

2,607

2,534

5,327

4,994

Words Per Sentence

24.9

17.2

31.3

22.8

29.9

21.8

Syllables Per Word

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

Letters Per Word

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4

4

Obadiah

Obadiah

Jonah

Jonah

Micah

Micah

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease

68

75.8

77.8

83.4

72.1

77.6

Flesch Kincaid Grade Level

10.7

8.1

8.2

6.4

9.8

7.9

Gunning Fog Score

12.6

10.1

10.3

8.9

12.3

10.4

Coleman Liau Index

9

8.7

6.8

6.8

7.9

7.9

SMOG Index

6.9

6.2

5.4

5.2

6.8

6.2

Automated Readability Index

12.3

9

8.3

6.2

10.8

8.6

Average Grade Level

10.3

8.4

7.8

6.7

9.5

8.2

Sentence Count

24

30

57

68

119

135

Letter Count

2,818

2,696

5,087

4,991

12,716

12,057

Word Count

670

648

1,323

1,301

3,155

2,993

Syllable Count

875

836

1,650

1,600

4,021

3,775

Words Per Sentence

27.9

21.6

23.2

19.1

26.5

22.2

Syllables Per Word

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.3

Letters Per Word

4.2

4.2

3.8

3.8

4

4

Nahum

Nahum

Habakkuk

Habakkuk

Zephaniah

Zephaniah

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease

74.1

82.9

75.4

83

65.7

72.4

Flesch Kincaid Grade Level

8.8

5.3

8.1

5.5

12

9

Gunning Fog Score

11.9

8.1

10.7

7.9

14.6

11.6

Coleman Liau Index

9

9.2

8.9

8.8

8.3

8.7

SMOG Index

7.2

5.8

6.6

5.5

8

7.4

Automated Readability Index

10.3

5.8

9.1

5.8

13.8

10

Average Grade Level

9.4

6.8

8.7

6.7

11.3

9.3

Sentence Count

54

82

69

92

51

66

Letter Count

5,421

5,042

6,209

5,828

6,640

6,506

Word Count

1,285

1,189

1,478

1,397

1,621

1,562

Syllable Count

1,650

1,535

1,916

1,790

2,087

2,039

Words Per Sentence

23.8

14.5

21.4

15.2

31.8

23.7

Syllables Per Word

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

Letters Per Word

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.1

4.2

Haggai

Haggai

Zechariah

Zechariah

Malachi

Malachi

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease

69.3

73.2

70.1

80.3

77.8

82.2

Flesch Kincaid Grade Level

11.9

10.1

11.2

7.3

7.7

6.3

Gunning Fog Score

14.2

12.4

13.5

9.6

10.6

9.1

Coleman Liau Index

7

7.4

7.5

7.6

7.7

7.4

SMOG Index

6.6

6.4

6.7

5.8

6.5

5.8

Automated Readability Index

13.5

11.4

12.7

7.9

8

6.3

Average Grade Level

10.6

9.5

10.3

7.6

8.1

7

Sentence Count

34

38

208

289

84

96

Letter Count

4,400

4,273

25,547

24,341

7,124

6,912

Word Count

1,134

1,086

6,447

6,121

1,784

1,756

Syllable Count

1,390

1,343

8,026

7,602

2,267

2,201

Words Per Sentence

33.4

28.6

31

21.2

21.2

18.3

Syllables Per Word

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.3

Letters Per Word

3.9

3.9

4

4

4

3.9

Matthew

Matthew

Mark

Mark

Luke

Luke

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease

74.1

80

76.2

81.4

75.6

80

Flesch Kincaid Grade Level

8.6

6.7

8.1

6.4

8.4

7

Gunning Fog Score

10.8

9.1

10.4

8.8

10.8

9.5

Coleman Liau Index

8.2

7.8

8

7.8

7.8

7.5

SMOG Index

6.6

5.9

6.1

5.7

6.3

5.9

Automated Readability Index

9.1

6.8

8.6

6.4

9

7.1

Average Grade Level

8.7

7.3

8.2

7

8.5

7.4

Sentence Count

1,044

1,249

687

828

1,127

1,287

Letter Count

96,630

93,343

61,319

59,464

104,286

100,989

Word Count

23,726

23,329

15,186

14,854

25,986

25,471

Syllable Count

30,759

29,759

19,416

18,835

33,127

32,154

Words Per Sentence

22.7

18.7

22.1

17.9

23.1

19.8

Syllables Per Word

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

Letters Per Word

4.1

4

4

4

4

4

John

John

Acts

Acts

Romans

Romans

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease

79.4

84.9

67.5

72.4

71.4

74.4

Flesch Kincaid Grade Level

7.1

5.8

10.6

8.7

8.7

7.9

Gunning Fog Score

9.4

8.3

12.7

11

11.5

10.8

Coleman Liau Index

7.4

6.8

8.9

8.7

8.7

8.4

SMOG Index

5.8

5.2

7.8

7.4

7.5

7.4

Automated Readability Index

7.1

5.5

11.8

9.4

9.1

8.1

Average Grade Level

7.4

6.3

10.4

9

9.1

8.5

Sentence Count

966

1,095

896

1,063

433

466

Letter Count

75,497

73,895

101,700

98,951

39,358

39,045

Word Count

19,125

19,211

24,281

23,739

9,452

9,489

Syllable Count

24,273

23,653

32,107

31,375

12,651

12,532

Words Per Sentence

19.8

17.5

27.1

22.3

21.8

20.4

Syllables Per Word

1.3

1.2

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

Letters Per Word

3.9

3.8

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.1

1 Cor.

1 Cor.

2 Cor.

2 Cor.

Galatians

Galatians

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease

75.6

79.2

65.4

71.2

71.2

74.3

Flesch Kincaid Grade Level

7.8

6.8

10.9

8.8

8.9

8.1

Gunning Fog Score

10.6

9.7

13.9

11.9

11.7

10.9

Coleman Liau Index

7.8

7.5

8.4

8.3

8.3

8.1

SMOG Index

6.8

6.4

8.7

8

7.8

7.3

Automated Readability Index

7.6

6.5

11.5

8.9

9

8.3

Average Grade Level

8.1

7.4

10.7

9.2

9.1

8.5

Sentence Count

465

512

225

273

139

147

Letter Count

38,036

37,453

25,043

24,676

12,675

12,626

Word Count

9,507

9,449

6,095

6,029

3,098

3,104

Syllable Count

12,419

12,161

8,211

8,070

4,138

4,077

Words Per Sentence

20.4

18.5

27.1

22.1

22.3

21.1

Syllables Per Word

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

Letters Per Word

4

4

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

Ephesians

Ephesians

Philippians

Philippians

Colossians

Colossians

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

KJV

NKJV

Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease

49.9

55.3

65.5

66.4

54.4

63.5

Flesch Kincaid Grade Level

16.6

15

11

10.9

14.7

11.6

Gunning Fog Score

19.8

18.4

13.7

14

17.7

14.7

Coleman Liau Index

9.2

8.9

8.6

8.4

9.2

9.2

SMOG Index

10.7

10.1

8.4

8.5

10.5

9.1

Automated Readability Index

19.3

17.5

11.9

11.9

16.7

13.1

Average Grade Level

15.1

14

10.7

10.7

13.8

11.5

Sentence Count

73

79

79

78

55

68

Letter Count

12,861

12,688

9,074

8,971

8,466

8,412

Word Count

3,033

3,022

2,193

2,181

1,990

1,980

Syllable Count

4,113

4,026

2,933

2,888

2,722

2,663

Words Per Sentence

41.5