The Book of Mormon

Alma 4:6

1830 Edition

And it came to pass in the eighth year of the reign of the Judges, that the people of the church began to wax proud, because of their exceeding riches, and their fine silks, and their fine twined linen, and because of their many flocks and herds, and their gold, and their silver, and all manner of precious things, which they had obtained by their industry; and in all these things were they lifted up in the pride of their eyes, for they began to wear very costly apparel.

Changes

And it came to pass in the eighth year of the reign of the Jjudges, that the people of the church began to wax proud, because of their exceeding riches, and their fine silks, and their fine -twined linen, and because of their many flocks and herds, and their gold, and their silver, and all manner of precious things, which they had obtained by their industry; and in all these things were they lifted up in the pride of their eyes, for they began to wear very costly apparel.

Simple English

In the eighth year that judges ruled, the people of the church started to become proud. They had a lot of money. They had nice silk clothes and fine linen. They had many sheep and cows. They had gold and silver and all kinds of nice things that they had worked for. All these things made them proud. They started to wear very expensive clothes.

Paraphrase

But in the eighth year, church members started becoming proud. They’d grown wealthy with fine silks, expensive linen, large herds and flocks, gold, silver, and all kinds of valuable things they’d earned through hard work. All this wealth went to their heads, and they started wearing very expensive clothes.