Mark 4:28

In 9 translations

BSB

All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.

KJV

For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

WEB

For the earth bears fruit by itself: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

ASV

The earth beareth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

LSV

for of itself the earth bears fruit, first a blade, afterward an ear, afterward full grain in the ear;

YLT

for of itself doth the earth bear fruit, first a blade, afterwards an ear, afterwards full corn in the ear;

DBY

The earth bears fruit of itself, first [the] blade, then an ear, then full corn in the ear.

DRC

For the earth of itself bringeth forth fruit, first the blade, then the ear, afterwards the full corn in the ear.

GNV

For the earth bringeth foorth fruite of it selfe, first the blade, then the eares, after that full corne in the eares.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

αὐτομάτη ἡ γῆ καρποφορεῖ, πρῶτον χόρτον, εἶτα στάχυν, εἶτα πλήρης σῖτον ἐν τῷ στάχυϊ.

RP2018

Αὐτομάτη γὰρ ἡ γῆ καρποφορεῖ, πρῶτον χόρτον, εἶτα στάχυν, εἶτα πλήρη σῖτον ἐν τῷ στάχυϊ.

TR-Boyd

Αὐτομάτη γὰρ ἡ γῆ καρποφορεῖ, πρῶτον χόρτον, εἶτα στάχυν, εἶτα πλήρη σῖτον ἐν τῷ στάχυϊ.

SCR1894

αυτοματη γαρ η γη καρποφορει πρωτον χορτον ειτα σταχυν ειτα πληρη σιτον εν τω σταχυι

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• Philippians 1:9–11And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with…
• Mark 4:31–32It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds sown upon the earth. But after it is planted, it grows to be the largest of all garden plants and puts forth great branches, so that the birds of the air…
• Hosea 6:3So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
• Colossians 1:10so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
• Matthew 13:26When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:12–13And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows, so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God…
• Philippians 1:6being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
• Ecclesiastes 3:1To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
• Ecclesiastes 3:11He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
• Isaiah 61:11For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.
• Psalms 92:13–14Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,
• Genesis 2:4–5This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them. Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted; for the…
• Psalms 1:3He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
• Genesis 4:11–12Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive…
• Genesis 1:11–12Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so. The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants…
• Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

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