MARK 4:3 Parallel View

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Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BSB “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.

BLB "Listen! Behold, the one sowing went out to sow.

AICNT “Listen. Behold, the sower went out to sow.

OEB ‘Listen! The sower went out to sow;

WEB “Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow.

NET “Listen! A sower went out to sow.

LSV “Listen, behold, the sower went forth to sow;

FBV “Listen,” he said. “A sower went out to sow.

TCNT “Listen! A sower went out to sow.

T4T “Consider well the meaning of this illustration: A man/farmer went out to his field to sow some seeds.

LEB “Listen! Behold, the sower went out to sow.

BBE A man went out to put seed in the earth:

MOF No MOF MARK book available

ASV Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow:

DRA Hear ye: Behold, the sower went out to sow.

YLT 'Hearken, lo, the sower went forth to sow;

DBY Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow.

RV Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow:

WBS Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow:

KJB Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

BB Hearken: Beholde, there went out a sower to sowe:
(Hearken: Behold, there went out a sower to sowe:)

GNV Hearken: Beholde, there went out a sower to sowe.
(Hearken: Behold, there went out a sower to sowe.)

CB Herken to, beholde, there wente out a sower to sowe:
(Herken to, behold, there went out a sower to sowe:)

TNT Herken to. Beholde There wet out a sower to sowe.
(Herken to. Behold There wet out a sower to sowe.)

WYC Here ye. Lo! a man sowynge goith out to sowe.
(Here ye. Lo! a man sowynge goeth/goes out to sowe.)

LUT Höret zu! Siehe, es ging ein Sämann aus, zu säen.
(Höret zu! Siehe, it went a Sämann aus, to säen.)

CLV Audite: ecce exiit seminans ad seminandum.
(Audite: ecce exiit seminans to seminandum.)

UGNT ἀκούετε! ἰδοὺ, ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων σπεῖραι.
(akouete! idou, exaʸlthen ho speirōn speirai.)

SBL-GNT Ἀκούετε. ἰδοὺ ἐξῆλθεν ὁ ⸀σπείρων σπεῖραι.
(Akouete. idou exaʸlthen ho ⸀speirōn speirai.)

TC-GNT Ἀκούετε· ἰδού, ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων τοῦ σπεῖραι.
(Akouete; idou, exaʸlthen ho speirōn tou speirai.)

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parables

ἀκούετε! ἰδοὺ, ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων

/be/_hearing behold came_out the_‹one› sowing

To teach the people in the crowd, Jesus offers a story or illustration. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate that explicitly. Alternate translation: “Listen to this story: Behold, the sower went out”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

ἀκούετε! ἰδοὺ

/be/_hearing behold

Here, the words Listen and Behold draw the attention of the audience and ask them to listen carefully. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express these words with a word or phrase that asks the audience to listen, or you could draw the audience’s attention in another way. Alternate translation: “Picture this:” or “Pay attention to this:”

Note 3 topic: writing-participants

ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων

came_out the_‹one› sowing

Here Jesus introduces a sower as a character in his story. If your language has its own way of introducing new participants, you could use it here in your translation. Alternate translation: “there was a sower. He went out”

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