Mark 4:6
4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
- KJV
- But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
- WEB
- When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
- ASV
- and when the sun was risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
- DARBY
- and when the sun arose it was burnt up, and because of its not having any root, it withered.
- BLB
- And when the sun rose, it was scorched, and because of having no root, it withered.
- ÅB
- og da solen gikk opp, ble det avsvidd, og da det ikke hadde rot, visnet det.
- OTB
- Men da solen steg opp, ble det svidd, og siden det ikke hadde rot, visnet det bort.
- B1930
- og da solen gikk op, blev det avsvidd, og da det ikke hadde rot, visnet det.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 17:5–8
Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Read in contextJames 1:11
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
Read in contextJonah 4:8
And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
Read in contextIsaiah 25:4
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
Read in contextColossians 2:7
Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
Read in contextRevelation 7:16
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
Read in contextEphesians 3:17
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
Read in contextJude 1:12
These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
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