MARK 4:3 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki: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).

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

OEB ‘Listen! The sower went out to sow;

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

WMBB (Same as above)

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:

Moff No Moff MARK book available

Wymth "Listen: the sower goes out to sow.

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;

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

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

Wbstr Hearken; Behold, a sower went out to sow:

KJB-1769 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

KJB-1611 Hearken, Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

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

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

Cvdl Herken to, beholde, there wente out a sower to sowe:
(Hearken to, behold, there went out a sower to sow:)

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

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

Luth Höret zu! Siehe, es ging ein Sämann aus, zu säen.
(Listent zu! See, it went a Sämann out, to säen.)

ClVg Audite: ecce exiit seminans ad seminandum.
(Audite: behold 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 [fn]τοῦ σπεῖραι.
(Akouete; idou, exaʸlthen ho speirōn tou speirai. )

4:3 του ¦ — ECM^† NA SBL TH WH

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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