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Mark 4:27
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KJ21
and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knoweth not how.
ASV
and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knoweth not how.
AMP
and he goes to bed at night and gets up every day, and [in the meantime] the seed sprouts and grows; how [it does this], he does not know.
AMPC
And then continues sleeping and rising night and day while the seed sprouts and grows and increases—he knows not how.
BRG
And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
CSB
He sleeps and rises night and day; the seed sprouts and grows, although he doesn’t know how.
CSBA
He sleeps and rises night and day; the seed sprouts and grows, although he doesn’t know how.
CEB
then sleeps and wakes night and day. The seed sprouts and grows, but the farmer doesn’t know how.
CJB
Nights he sleeps, days he’s awake; and meanwhile the seeds sprout and grow — how, he doesn’t know.
CEV
The farmer sleeps at night and is up and around during the day. Yet the seeds keep sprouting and growing, and he doesn't understand how.
DARBY
and should sleep and rise up night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he does not know how.
DLNT
and would be sleeping and arising night and day, and the seed would be budding and growing-long— how, he does not know.
DRA
And should sleep, and rise, night and day, and the seed should spring, and grow up whilst he knoweth not.
ERV
The seed begins to grow. It grows night and day. It doesn’t matter whether the man is sleeping or awake, the seed still grows. He doesn’t know how it happens.
EASY
Then he sleeps each night and he wakes up each day. The seeds start to grow into plants. They continue to grow. The man does not know how this happens.
EHV
and while he sleeps and rises, night and day, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.
ESV
He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how.
ESVUK
He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how.
EXB
Night and day, whether the person is asleep or awake, the seed still [sprouts and] grows, but the person does not know how it grows.
GNV
And should sleep, and rise up night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he not knowing how.
GW
He sleeps at night and is awake during the day. The seeds sprout and grow, although the man doesn’t know how.
GNT
He sleeps at night, is up and about during the day, and all the while the seeds are sprouting and growing. Yet he does not know how it happens.
HCSB
he sleeps and rises—night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows—he doesn’t know how.
ICB
The seed comes up and grows night and day. It doesn’t matter whether the man is asleep or awake; the seed still grows. The man does not know how it grows.
ISV
He sleeps and gets up night and day while the seeds sprout and grow, although he doesn’t know how
PHILLIPS
Then he said, “The kingdom of God is like a man scattering seed on the ground and then going to bed each night and getting up every morning, while the seed sprouts and grows up, though he has no idea how it happens. The earth produces a crop without any help from anyone: first a blade, then the ear of corn, then the full-grown grain in the ear. And as soon as the crop is ready, he sends his reapers in without delay, for the harvest-time has come.”
JUB
and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring forth and grow up, he knows not how.
KJV
And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
AKJV
and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
LSB
and he sleeps and rises, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows—how, he himself does not know.
LEB
And he sleeps and gets up, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows—he does not know how.
TLB
and went away, and as the days went by, the seeds grew and grew without his help.
MSG
Then Jesus said, “God’s kingdom is like seed thrown on a field by a man who then goes to bed and forgets about it. The seed sprouts and grows—he has no idea how it happens. The earth does it all without his help: first a green stem of grass, then a bud, then the ripened grain. When the grain is fully formed, he reaps—harvest time!
MEV
He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he does not know how.
MOUNCE
· He goes to bed and gets up, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows, although he does not know how.
NOG
He sleeps at night and is awake during the day. The seeds sprout and grow, although the man doesn’t know how.
NABRE
and would sleep and rise night and day and the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how.
NASB
and he goes to bed at night and gets up daily, and the seed sprouts and grows—how, he himself does not know.
NASB1995
and he goes to bed at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows—how, he himself does not know.
NCB
Night and day, while he sleeps and while he is awake, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not understand how.
NCV
Night and day, whether the person is asleep or awake, the seed still grows, but the person does not know how it grows.
NET
He goes to sleep and gets up, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.
NIRV
Night and day the seed comes up and grows. It happens whether the farmer sleeps or gets up. He doesn’t know how it happens.
NIV
Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.
NIVUK
Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.
NKJV
and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how.
NLV
He goes to sleep every night and gets up every day. The seed grows, but he does not know how.
NLT
Night and day, while he’s asleep or awake, the seed sprouts and grows, but he does not understand how it happens.
NMB
and sleeps, and rises up night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows up, he knows not how.
NRSVA
and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how.
NRSVACE
and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how.
NRSVCE
and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how.
NRSVUE
and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how.
NTFE
Every night he went to bed; every day he got up; and the seed sprouted and grew without him knowing how it did it.
OJB
And goes to sleep blailah (at night) and arises byom (at day), and the seed sprouts up and grows in such a way that he does not have daas of how it does so.
RGT
“and should sleep and rise up night and day. And the seed should spring and grow up, he not knowing how.
RSV
and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he knows not how.
RSVCE
and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he knows not how.
TLV
and falls asleep at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows. He himself doesn’t know how.
VOICE
Day and night, as he works and as he sleeps, the seeds sprout and climb out into the light, even though he doesn’t understand how it works.
WEB
and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, though he doesn’t know how.
WE
Then he goes on just as he did before. He sleeps at night and wakes up in the morning. The seed begins to grow but he doesn't know what makes it grow.
WYC
and he sleep, and it rise up night and day [and it sleep, and rise up in night and day], and bring forth seed, and wax fast, while he knoweth not.
YLT
and may sleep, and may rise night and day, and the seed spring up and grow, he hath not known how;
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