MAT 13:4 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) As he was spreading the seed, some of it fell beside a path and the birds come and ate that seed.

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, cyan:dative/indirect object.
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).

ULT And as he sowed, some fell beside the road, and the birds came and devoured them.

UST As he was scattering them over the soil, some of the seeds fell on the path. Then some birds flew down and ate those seeds up.

BSB And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

BLB And in his sowing, indeed some fell along the road, and the birds having come, devoured them.

AICNT And as he was sowing, some seeds fell by the road, and the birds came and ate them up.

OEB as they were sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

WEBBE As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

LSV and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the birds having come, devoured them,

FBV “As he was sowing, some of the seeds fell on the path. The birds came and ate them up.

TCNT As he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

T4T As he was scattering them over the soil, some of the seeds fell on the path. Then some birds came and ate those seeds.

LEB and while he was sowing, some seed[fn] fell on the side of the path, and the birds came and[fn] devoured it.

13:4 Literally “some of which”

13:4 *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came”) has been translated as a finite verb

BBE And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:

Moff No Moff MAT book available

Wymth As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up.

ASV and as he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured them:

DRA And whilst he soweth some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate them up.

YLT and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them,

Drby and as he sowed, some [grains] fell along the way, and the birds came and devoured them;

RV and as he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured them:

Wbstr And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them:

KJB-1769 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
( And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls/birds came and devoured them up: )

KJB-1611 And when he sowed, some seedes fell by the wayes side, and the foules came, and deuoured them vp.
(And when he sowed, some seedes fell by the ways side, and the fowls/birds came, and devoured them up.)

Bshps And when he sowed, some seedes fell by the wayes side, and the fowles came, and deuoured them vp.
(And when he sowed, some seedes fell by the ways side, and the fowls/birds came, and devoured them up.)

Gnva And as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the foules came and deuoured them vp.
(And as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls/birds came and devoured them up. )

Cvdl and as he sowed, some fell by the waye syde: Then came the foules, & ate it vp.
(and as he sowed, some fell by the way side: Then came the foules, and ate it up.)

TNT And as he sowed some fell by the wayessyde and the fowlles came and devoured it vp.
(And as he sowed some fell by the wayssyde and the fowlles came and devoured it up. )

Wycl And while he sowith, summe seedis felden bisidis the weie, and briddis of the eir camen, and eeten hem.
(And while he sowith, some seedis fell besides the way, and birds of the eir came, and eeten them.)

Luth Und indem er säete, fiel etliches an den Weg; da kamen die Vögel und fraßen‘s auf.
(And indem he säete, fiel etliches at the Weg; there came the Vögel and fraßen‘s auf.)

ClVg Et dum seminat, quædam ceciderunt secus viam, et venerunt volucres cæli, et comederunt ea.[fn]
(And dum seminat, quædam they_fell secus viam, and venerunt volucres cæli, and comederunt ea. )

13.4 Secus viam. Via est, mens malarum cogitationum sedulo meatu trita et arefacta. Ubi dupliciter perit semen, quia et transitu cogitationum conculcatur, ut Lucas ait, et a volucribus rapitur. Dæmones dicuntur volucres, seu quia cœlestis spiritualisque naturæ, seu quia per æra volitant. Et venerunt. Secundum Lucam ab hominibus conculcatum est, quia prava persuasione impiorum sublatum est. Et comederunt. Quia a mentibus hominum illud surripuerunt.

13.4 Secus viam. Via it_is, mens malarum cogitationum sedulo meatu trita and arefacta. Where dupliciter perit semen, because and transitu cogitationum conculcatur, as Lucas ait, and from volucribus rapitur. Dæmones dicuntur volucres, seu because cœlestis spiritualisque naturæ, seu because through æra volitant. And venerunt. After/Second Lucam away hominibus conculcatum it_is, because prava persuasione impiorum sublatum it_is. And comederunt. Because from mentibus of_men illud surripuerunt.

UGNT καὶ ἐν τῷ σπείρειν αὐτὸν, ἃ μὲν ἔπεσεν παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, καὶ ἦλθεν τὰ πετεινὰ καὶ κατέφαγεν αὐτά.
(kai en tōi speirein auton, ha men epesen para taʸn hodon, kai aʸlthen ta peteina kai katefagen auta.)

SBL-GNT καὶ ἐν τῷ σπείρειν αὐτὸν ἃ μὲν ἔπεσεν παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, καὶ ⸂ἐλθόντα τὰ πετεινὰ⸃ κατέφαγεν αὐτά.
(kai en tōi speirein auton ha men epesen para taʸn hodon, kai ⸂elthonta ta peteina⸃ katefagen auta.)

TC-GNT Καὶ ἐν τῷ σπείρειν αὐτόν, ἃ μὲν ἔπεσε παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, καὶ [fn]ἦλθε τὰ πετεινὰ καὶ κατέφαγεν αὐτά.
(Kai en tōi speirein auton, ha men epese para taʸn hodon, kai aʸlthe ta peteina kai katefagen auta. )

13:4 ηλθε τα πετεινα και ¦ ελθοντα τα πετεινα ANT CT

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 / explicit

ἐν τῷ σπείρειν αὐτὸν

in the_‹time› /to_be/_sowing ˱of˲_him

While there are many ways to sow or plant seeds, here Jesus is describing a practice in which farmers pick up handfuls of seed and throw them so that they are scattered all over the top of the soil. This method is a quick and easy way to plant seeds in large fields, but some seeds land on ground that is not good for them to grow in. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make it more explicit what kind of sowing this is. Alternate translation: [as he threw the seeds over the ground] or [as he scattered the seeds over the field]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἃ μὲν ἔπεσεν παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, καὶ ἦλθεν τὰ πετεινὰ καὶ κατέφαγεν αὐτά

some on_one_hand fell along the road and came the birds and devoured them

Here Jesus implies that the seeds that fall beside the road do not sink into the ground. Instead, they just sit on top of the hard-packed dirt by the road and are unprotected from birds. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [some fell on the hard ground beside the road, and the birds came and easily devoured them]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

ἃ

some

Jesus is using the adjective some as a noun to mean some of the seeds. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [some seeds]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

τὰ πετεινὰ

the birds

The phrase the birds represents any birds, not particular birds. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: [birds]

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