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Thursday, July 31st, 2025
the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Geneva Bible

Mark 4:6

But assoone as ye Sunne was vp, it was burnt vp, and because it had not roote, it withered away.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Apostasy;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Minister, Christian;   Perseverance;   Sermon;   Sower;   Word of God;   The Topic Concordance - Bearing Fruit;   Word of God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Sun, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Apocalyptic;   Christ, Christology;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Allegory;   Mark, the Gospel of;   Sower;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Discourse;   Doctrines;   Ear (2);   Enthusiasm;   Husbandman ;   Nature and Natural Phenomena;   Parable;   Physical ;   Premeditation;   Root ;   Sun;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Root;   Sun;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ab (1);   Mark, the Gospel According to;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When the sun came up, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away.
King James Version (1611)
But when the Sunne was vp, it was scorched, and because it had no roote, it withered away.
King James Version
But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
English Standard Version
And when the sun rose, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away.
New American Standard Bible
"And when the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
New Century Version
But when the sun rose, the plants dried up because they did not have deep roots.
Amplified Bible
"And when the sun came up, the plant was scorched; and because it had no root, it dried up and withered away.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And after the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
Legacy Standard Bible
And after the sun rose, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
Berean Standard Bible
But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
Contemporary English Version
But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched and dried up, because they did not have enough roots.
Complete Jewish Bible
but when the sun rose, the young plants were scorched; and since their roots were not deep, they dried up.
Darby Translation
and when the sun arose it was burnt up, and because of its not having any root, it withered.
Easy-to-Read Version
But then the sun rose and the plants were burned. They died because they did not have deep roots.
George Lamsa Translation
But when the sun shone, it was scorched, and because it had no root, it dried up.
Good News Translation
Then, when the sun came up, it burned the young plants; and because the roots had not grown deep enough, the plants soon dried up.
Lexham English Bible
And when the sun rose it was scorched, and because it did not have enough root, it withered.
Literal Translation
And the sun rising, it was scorched. And through not having root, it was dried out.
American Standard Version
and when the sun was risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
Bible in Basic English
And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root, it became dry and dead.
Hebrew Names Version
When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
International Standard Version
But when the sun came up, they were scorched. Since they did not have any roots, they dried up.
Etheridge Translation
but when the sun arose, it became hot; and inasmuch as it had no root, it dried up.
Murdock Translation
But when the sun was up, it wilted; and because it had no root, it dried up.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But assoone as the sonne was vp, it caught heate: and because it hadde not roote, it wythered away.
English Revised Version
and when the sun was risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
World English Bible
When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But when the sun was up, it was scorched, and because it had no root, it withered away.
Weymouth's New Testament
but when the sun is risen, it is scorched, and through having no root it withers away.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne the sunne roos vp, it welewide for heete, and it driede vp, for it hadde no roote.
Update Bible Version
and when the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
Webster's Bible Translation
But when the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
New English Translation
When the sun came up it was scorched, and because it did not have sufficient root, it withered.
New King James Version
But when the sun was up it was scorched, and because it had no root it withered away.
New Living Translation
But the plant soon wilted under the hot sun, and since it didn't have deep roots, it died.
New Life Bible
But it dried up when the sun was high in the sky because it had no root.
New Revised Standard
And when the sun rose, it was scorched; and since it had no root, it withered away.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, when the sun arose, it was scorched, - and, by reason of its not having root, it was dried up;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when the sun was risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
Revised Standard Version
and when the sun rose it was scorched, and since it had no root it withered away.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
but as sone as the sunne was vp it caught heet and because it had not rotynge wyddred awaye.
Young's Literal Translation
and the sun having risen, it was scorched, and because of not having root it did wither;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now wha the Sonne arose, it caught heate: and in so moch as it had no rote, it wythred awaye.
Mace New Testament (1729)
but when the sun was up, it was scorched, and for want of root, withered away.
Simplified Cowboy Version
but they withered quickly because there was nowhere for the roots to go.

Contextual Overview

1 And hee began againe to teache by the sea side, and there gathered vnto him a great multitude, so that hee entred into a shippe, and sate in the sea, and all the people was by the sea side on the land. 2 And he taught them many things in parables, and said vnto them in his doctrine, 3 Hearken: Beholde, there went out a sower to sowe. 4 And it came to passe as he sowed, that some fell by the way side, and the foules of the heauen came, and deuoured it vp. 5 And some fell on stonie grounde, where it had not much earth, and by and by sprang vp, because it had not depth of earth. 6 But assoone as ye Sunne was vp, it was burnt vp, and because it had not roote, it withered away. 7 And some fell among the thornes, and the thornes grewe vp, and choked it, so that it gaue no fruite. 8 Some againe fell in good grounde, and did yeelde fruite that sprong vp, and grewe, and it brought foorth, some thirtie folde, some sixtie folde, and some an hundreth folde. 9 Then he said vnto them, He that hath eares to heare, let him heare. 10 And whe he was alone, they that were about him with the twelue, asked him of ye parable.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the sun: Song of Solomon 1:6, Isaiah 25:4, Jonah 4:8, James 1:11, Revelation 7:16

no root: Psalms 1:3, Psalms 1:4, Psalms 92:13-15, Jeremiah 17:5-8, Ephesians 3:17, Colossians 2:7, 2 Thessalonians 2:10, Jude 1:12

Reciprocal: Mark 4:17 - have Luke 8:6 - General 1 John 2:19 - went out

Cross-References

Genesis 4:1
Afterwarde the man knewe Heuah his wife, which conceiued and bare Kain, and said, I haue obteined a man by the Lord.
Genesis 4:3
And in processe of time it came to passe, that Kain brought an oblation vnto the Lorde of the fruite of the ground.
Genesis 4:4
And Habel also him selfe brought of the first fruites of his sheepe, and of the fat of them, and the Lorde had respect vnto Habel, and to his offering,
Genesis 4:5
But vnto Kain and to his offering he had no regarde: wherefore Kain was exceeding wroth, and his countenance fell downe.
Genesis 4:8
Then Kain spake to Habel his brother. And when they were in the fielde, Kain rose vp against Habel his brother, and slewe him.
Genesis 4:11
Now therefore thou art cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receiue thy brothers blood from thine hand.
Genesis 4:13
Then Kain said to the Lorde, My punishment is greater, then I can beare.
Job 5:2
Doubtlesse anger killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote.
Isaiah 1:18
Come nowe, and let vs reason together, sayth the Lord: though your sinnes were as crimsin, they shalbe made white as snowe: though they were red like skarlet, they shalbe as wooll.
Jeremiah 2:5
Thus sayeth the Lord, What iniquitie haue your fathers founde in mee, that they are gone farre from mee, and haue walked after vanitie, and are become vaine?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But when the sun was up, it was scorched,.... When persecution arose because of the word, and that became very hot and vehement, it tried and pierced through this thin speculative knowledge of the word, which could not stand before it, and bear the heat of it:

and because it had no root, it withered away; the word had only a place in the head, and not in the heart; wherefore the profession of it was soon dropped, and came to nothing.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-9.

See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-9.


 
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