OET interlinear MARK 4:26

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parables

οὕτως ἐστὶν ἡ Βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ: ὡς ἄνθρωπος βάλῃ τὸν σπόρον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἔλεγεν Οὕτως ἐστίν ἡ Βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ ὡς ἄνθρωπος βάλῃ τόν σπόρον ἐπί τῆς γῆς)

To teach his audience, 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. Thus is the kingdom of God: As a man throws seed on the ground]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

οὕτως ἐστὶν ἡ Βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ: ὡς ἄνθρωπος

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἔλεγεν Οὕτως ἐστίν ἡ Βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ ὡς ἄνθρωπος βάλῃ τόν σπόρον ἐπί τῆς γῆς)

Jesus is saying that the kingdom of God is like a man who throws seed on the ground. The following verses will give further information about this comparison. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different form that introduces this kind of comparison. Alternate translation: [The kingdom of God is like a man who]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

ἄνθρωπος

˓a˒_man

Here and in the following verses, Jesus tells a story about a specific man. It is not important for the story whether the person is a man or a woman. If you have a form that refers to any person without identifying a gender, you could use it here. Otherwise, you could identify the person as a man, as the UST does. Alternate translation: [a person]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

βάλῃ τὸν σπόρον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς

˓may˒_cast (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἔλεγεν Οὕτως ἐστίν ἡ Βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ ὡς ἄνθρωπος βάλῃ τόν σπόρον ἐπί τῆς γῆς)

While there are many ways to sow or plant seeds, here Jesus is describing a practice in which a farmer picks up handfuls of seed and throws them so that they are scattered all over the top of the soil. If it would be helpful in your language, you could explain what the man is doing. Alternate translation: [sows the seed on the earth] or [scatters the seeds over the field]

Note 5 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

τὸν σπόρον

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἔλεγεν Οὕτως ἐστίν ἡ Βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ ὡς ἄνθρωπος βάλῃ τόν σπόρον ἐπί τῆς γῆς)

Here, the word seed is singular in form, but it refers to many seeds as a group. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this plainly. Alternate translation: [the seeds]