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The Parable of the Sower

Mark 4:6

In 9 translations

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.
LSV
and the sun having risen, it was scorched, and because of having no root it withered;
YLT
and the sun having risen, it was scorched, and because of not having root it did wither;
DBY
and when the sun arose it was burnt up, and because of its not having any root, it withered.
DRC
And when the sun was risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
GNV
But assoone as ye Sunne was vp, it was burnt vp, and because it had not roote, it withered away.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read καὶ (“And”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read δὲ (“now”).
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include ὅτε (“after”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἀνέτειλεν (“rose”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἀνατείλαντος (“rising”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἥλιος (“sun”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἡλίου (“sun”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Byzantine text read ἐκαυματίσθη (“it was scorched”); Tregelles, Textus Receptus read ἐκαυματίσθησαν (“they were scorched”).
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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include ὁ (“the”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

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  • SBLGNT: καὶ ὅτε ἀνέτειλεν ὁ ἥλιος. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read καὶ ὅτε ἀνέτειλεν ὁ ἥλιος; Robinson–Pierpont read ἡλίου δὲ ἀνατείλαντος.
  • SBLGNT: ἐκαυματίσθη. Westcott and Hort (1881), Robinson–Pierpont, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐκαυματίσθη; Tregelles, the Greek text behind the NIV read ἐκαυματίσθησαν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ ὅτε ἀνέτειλεν ὁ ἥλιος ἐκαυματίσθη καὶ διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν ῥίζαν ἐξηράνθη.
RP2018
ἡλίου δὲ ἀνατείλαντος ἐκαυματίσθη, καὶ διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν ῥίζαν ἐξηράνθη.
TR-Boyd
ἡλίου δὲ ἀνατείλαντος ἐκαυματίσθη, καὶ διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν ῥίζαν ἐξηράνθη.
SCR1894
ηλιου δε ανατειλαντος εκαυματισθη και δια το μη εχειν ριζαν εξηρανθη

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 17:5–8This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD. He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He…
  • James 1:11For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
  • Jonah 4:8As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
  • Revelation 7:16‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’
  • Isaiah 25:4For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,
  • Ephesians 3:17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,
  • Psalms 1:3–4He 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. Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.
  • Colossians 2:7rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
  • Psalms 92:13–15Planted 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, to proclaim, “The LORD is upright; He is my Rock, and in Him…
  • Jude 1:12These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being…
  • 2 Thessalonians 2:10and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.
  • Song of Songs 1:6Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.

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