diff --git a/01-GEN/19.usfm b/01-GEN/19.usfm
index 4e8652f3..c8cb890e 100644
--- a/01-GEN/19.usfm
+++ b/01-GEN/19.usfm
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 \s5
 \v 10 But the men reached out their hands and brought Lot into the house with them and shut the door.
-\v 11 As for the men who were outside the door of the house, Lot's visitors attacked them with blindness, both young and old, so that they wore themselves out trying to find the door.
+\v 11 Then Lot's visitors struck with blindness the men who were outside the door of the house, both young and old, so that they became exhausted when they were trying to find the door.
 
 \s5
 \p
diff --git a/11-1KI/01.usfm b/11-1KI/01.usfm
index 46273d5f..95955a7a 100644
--- a/11-1KI/01.usfm
+++ b/11-1KI/01.usfm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 \s5
 \c 1
 \p
-\v 1 King David was old and advanced in years. They covered him with blankets, but he could not keep warm.
+\v 1 King David was an old man who was very old. They covered him with blankets, but he could not keep warm.
 \v 2 So his servants said to him, "Let us look for a young virgin for our master the king. Let her serve the king and take care of him. Let her lie in his arms so that our master the king may keep warm."
 
 \s5
diff --git a/43-LUK/02.usfm b/43-LUK/02.usfm
index 659f31dd..ee0fe7eb 100644
--- a/43-LUK/02.usfm
+++ b/43-LUK/02.usfm
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 \v 35 and a sword will pierce your own soul—so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed." 
 
 \s5
-\v 36 A prophetess named Anna was there. She was the daughter of Phanuel from the tribe of Asher. She was very advanced in years. She had lived with her husband for seven years after her virginity, 
+\v 36 A prophetess named Anna was there. She was the daughter of Phanuel from the tribe of Asher. She was very old. She had lived with her husband for seven years after her virginity, 
 \v 37 and was a widow for eighty-four years. She never left the temple but was serving with fastings and prayers, night and day. 
 \v 38 At that very hour, she came up to them and began thanking, and she spoke about the child to everyone who had been waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.