LUKE 8:7 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Some of the seeds landed in a patch of thistles, and as the plants started to grow, they were choked out by the thistles.

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT And other seed fell in the midst of the thorns, and having grown up with it, the thorns choked it.

UST Some of the seeds fell on ground where thorn plants had left their own seeds. The new thorn plants grew up together with the young grain plants. The stronger thorns crowded out the grain plants, so that the grain did not grow well.

BSB Other [seed] fell among thorns, [which] grew up with [it] [and] choked [the seedlings].

BLB And other fell in the midst of the thorns, and the thorns having sprung up with it, choked it.

AICNT And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked {it}.[fn]

8:7, it: Some manuscripts read “them.” 𝔓75

OEB Other seed fell in the middle of brambles, but the brambles grew up with it and choked it entirely.

WEBBE Other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up with it and choked it.

LSV And other fell amidst the thorns, and the thorns having sprung up with it, choked it.

FBV Some seeds fell among thorns and as they both grew the thorns choked the plants.

TCNT Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it.

T4T Some of the seeds fell on ground that contained roots of thorny weeds. The thorny weeds grew together with the young plants, and they crowded out those plants.

LEB And other seed fell in the midst of the thorn plants, and the thorn plants grew up with it[fn] and[fn] choked it.

8:7 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

8:7 *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“grew up with”) has been translated as a finite verb

BBE And some went among thorns, and the thorns came up with it and it had no room for growth.

Moff some other seed fell among thorns,
⇔ and the thorns sprang up along with it and choked it;

Wymth Another part falls among the thorns, and the thorns grow up with it and stifle it.

ASV And other fell amidst the thorns; and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.

DRA And other some fell among thorns, and the thorns growing up with it, choked it.

YLT 'And other fell amidst the thorns, and the thorns having sprung up with it, did choke it.

Drby and other fell in the midst of the thorns, and the thorns having sprung up with [it] choked it;

RV And other fell amidst the thorns; and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.

SLT And other fell in the midst of thorns; and the thorns grew together and choked it.

Wbstr And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

KJB-1769 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

KJB-1611 And some fell among thornes, and the thornes sprang vp with it, and choked it.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And some fell among thornes, and the thornes sprang vp with it, and choked it.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Gnva And some fell among thornes, and the thornes sprang vp with it, and choked it.
(And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. )

Cvdl And some fell amonge thornes, and the thornes sprange vp with it, and choked it.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

TNT And some fell amonge thornes and the thornes spronge vp with it and choked it.
(And some fell among thorns and the thorns sprung up with it and choked it. )

Wycl And othir fel among thornes, and the thornes sprongen vp togider, and strangliden it.
(And other fell among thorns, and the thorns sprung up togider, and strangled it.)

Luth Und etliches fiel mitten unter die Dornen; und die Dornen gingen mit auf und erstickten‘s.
(And several fell midway/in_the_middle under the thorns; and the thorns went with on/in/to and suffocated_it.)

ClVg Et aliud cecidit inter spinas, et simul exortæ spinæ suffocaverunt illud.
(And something_else fell between thorns/spines, and at_the_same_time exortæ thorns/spines they_suffocated it/this/that. )

UGNT καὶ ἕτερον ἔπεσεν ἐν μέσῳ τῶν ἀκανθῶν, καὶ συνφυεῖσαι αἱ ἄκανθαι ἀπέπνιξαν αὐτό.
(kai heteron epesen en mesōi tōn akanthōn, kai sunfueisai hai akanthai apepnixan auto.)

SBL-GNT καὶ ἕτερον ἔπεσεν ἐν μέσῳ τῶν ἀκανθῶν, καὶ συμφυεῖσαι αἱ ἄκανθαι ἀπέπνιξαν αὐτό.
(kai heteron epesen en mesōi tōn akanthōn, kai sumfueisai hai akanthai apepnixan auto.)

RP-GNT Καὶ ἕτερον ἔπεσεν ἐν μέσῳ τῶν ἀκανθῶν, καὶ συμφυεῖσαι αἱ ἄκανθαι ἀπέπνιξαν αὐτό.
(Kai heteron epesen en mesōi tōn akanthōn, kai sumfueisai hai akanthai apepnixan auto.)

TC-GNT Καὶ ἕτερον ἔπεσεν ἐν μέσῳ τῶν ἀκανθῶν, καὶ [fn]συμφυεῖσαι αἱ ἄκανθαι ἀπέπνιξαν αὐτό.
(Kai heteron epesen en mesōi tōn akanthōn, kai sumfueisai hai akanthai apepnixan auto. )

8:7 συμφυεισαι ¦ συνφυεισαι TH WH

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

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 8:4–8: Jesus told a parable about seeds falling on different types of soil

In this section Jesus told a parable about different types of soil and what happens when seed falls on them. The parable illustrated how different people receive the word of God. In the parable, a man scattered seeds that fell on different types of soil (8:5–8). After Jesus told this parable, he explained why he used parables (8:9–10). He explained the meaning of the parable in 8:11–15. The same parable and discussion are in Matthew 13:3–23 and Mark 4:3–20.

The events in this section probably happened during the period of time that was described in 8:1–3. At that time Jesus was traveling from town to town to preach to people about the kingdom of God.

It is good to translate this section before you decide on a heading for it. Some other possible headings for this section are:

A Story About a Farmer (GW)

Parable of the Farmer Scattering Seed (NLT)

Jesus illustrated different ways that people hear the word of God

8:7a

Other seed fell among thorns,

Some seeds fell on ground that had thorn plants/bushes.
Other seeds fell where thorns/weeds always grow.

Other seed fell among thorns: The phrase among thorns probably refers to soil where roots or seeds of thorny plants were present.An alternative view is that these seeds fell near the edge of the field where thorny plants were still growing because the farmer had not plowed there. See, for example, Harrington’s commentary on Matthew (Sacra Pagina, p. 195) and Wight (Manner and Customs of Bible Lands, 1953, p. 175). So when the grain began to grow up, the thorn plants grew up with it. Here are some ways to translate the phrase among thorns:

Translate this in a general way:
other seeds fell among thorns
Translate more specifically:
Some other seeds fell where thornbushes grew up (CEV)
Other seeds fell where thorns habitually grow
Other seeds fell on soil with thorn seeds/roots

thorns: The Greek word that the BSB translates as thorns refers to any kind of thorny plant. Some ways to translate thorns here are:

Use a general term in your language for thorny plants or for undesirable plants that compete with grain. For example:
thorny plants/bushes
weeds
Use a specific word that describes a hardy, fast-growing plant from your area that is annoying to farmers. If this plant has thorns, that is good but not essential.

8:7b

which grew up with it and choked the seedlings.

These thorn plants grew up with the grain plants and crowded them.
The thorn plants grew up at the same time as the good plants and prevented the good plants from producing any grain.

which grew up with it: The thorn plants grew up along with the young grain plants. The BSB has supplied it, but in some languages it may be more natural to supply a form such as “them” or “the grain plants.”

choked the seedlings: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as choked the seedlings refers to the way in which the thorns crowded out the grain plants. This caused the grain not to have enough room, soil, water, or sunlight to grow well. Some other ways to translate this are:

crowded the grain/good plants

kept the grain from growing to maturity

The thorns may have choked the grain plants so severely that they died or only so that they did not yield any grain. The point in the parable is that the plants did not yield any grain for the farmer to harvest. Jesus’ comment in 8:14c (“their fruit does not mature”) implies that they did not yield any grain.

Note that the BSB has supplied the seedlings where the Greek text has the pronoun “it.” This may be helpful in other languages also.

Parallel LUKE 8:7

Section 8:4–8: Jesus told a parable about seeds falling on different types of soil

8:7a

8:7b