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King James Version (KJV)
Mark 4:27
“And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.”
King James Version (KJV)
Mark 4:27 Context
24And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given. 25For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath. 26And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; 27And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. 28For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. 29But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come. 30And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
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Other Translations
And should sleepe, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring, and grow vp, he knoweth not how.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
and he goes to bed at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows--how, he himself does not know.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knoweth not how.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And went to sleep and got up, night and day, and the seed came to growth, though he had no idea how.
- Basic English Bible
and should sleep and rise up night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he does not know how.
- Darby Bible
And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
- Webster's Bible
he spends days and nights, now awake, now asleep, while the seed sprouts and grows tall, he knows not how.
- Weymouth Bible
and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he doesn't know how.
- World English Bible
and he sleepe, and it rise up niyt and dai, and brynge forth seede, and wexe faste, while he woot not.
- Wycliffe Bible
and may sleep, and may rise night and day, and the seed spring up and grow, he hath not known how;
- Youngs Literal Bible
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
and he goes to bed at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows--how, he himself does not know.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knoweth not how.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And went to sleep and got up, night and day, and the seed came to growth, though he had no idea how.
- Basic English Bible
and should sleep and rise up night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he does not know how.
- Darby Bible
And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
- Webster's Bible
he spends days and nights, now awake, now asleep, while the seed sprouts and grows tall, he knows not how.
- Weymouth Bible
and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he doesn't know how.
- World English Bible
and he sleepe, and it rise up niyt and dai, and brynge forth seede, and wexe faste, while he woot not.
- Wycliffe Bible
and may sleep, and may rise night and day, and the seed spring up and grow, he hath not known how;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Mark 4:27
4:25 He that hath - That improves whatever he has received, to the good of others, as well as of his own soul. #Mt 13:12|; Lu 8:18.
4:26 So is the kingdom of God - The inward kingdom is like seed which a man casts into the ground - This a preacher of the Gospel casts into the heart. And he sleeps and rises night and day - That is, he has it continually in his thoughts. Meantime it springs and grows up he knows not how - Even he that sowed it cannot explain how it grows. For as the earth by a curious kind of mechanism, which the greatest philosophers cannot comprehend, does as it were spontaneously bring forth first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear: so the soul, in an inexplicable manner, brings forth, first weak graces, then stronger, then full holiness: and all this of itself, as a machine, whose spring of motion is within itself. Yet observe the amazing exactness of the comparison. The earth brings forth no corn (as the soul no holiness) without both the care and toil of man, and the benign influence of heaven.
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People's Bible Notes for Mark 4:27
Mr 4:27 Should sleep, and rise, etc. While giving the seed sown time to germinate and come forth.