Mark 4:4
New International Version
As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

New Living Translation
As he scattered it across his field, some of the seed fell on a footpath, and the birds came and ate it.

English Standard Version
And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

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

Berean Literal Bible
And it came to pass as he sowed, some fell along the road, and the birds came and devoured it.

King James Bible
And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

New King James Version
And it happened, as he sowed, that some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds of the air came and devoured it.

New American Standard Bible
as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up.

NASB 1995
as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up.

NASB 1977
and it came about that as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up.

Legacy Standard Bible
and it happened that as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up.

Amplified Bible
and as he was sowing, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and ate it up.

Christian Standard Bible
As he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
As he sowed, this occurred: Some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

American Standard Version
and it came to pass, as he sowed, some seed fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured it.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“And as he sowed, there was some that fell on the side of the road and a bird came and ate it.”

Contemporary English Version
While the farmer was scattering the seed, some of it fell along the road and was eaten by birds.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And whilst he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate it up.

English Revised Version
and it came to pass, as he sowed, some seed fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured it.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Some seeds were planted along the road, and birds came and devoured them.

Good News Translation
As he scattered the seed in the field, some of it fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

International Standard Version
As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, and birds came and ate them up.

Literal Standard Version
and it came to pass, in the sowing, some fell by the way, and the birds of the sky came and devoured it;

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

New American Bible
And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

NET Bible
And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

New Revised Standard Version
And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

New Heart English Bible
And it happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it.

Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass as he sowed, some fell by the way-side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it.

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

World English Bible
As he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it.

Young's Literal Translation
and it came to pass, in the sowing, some fell by the way, and the fowls of the heaven did come and devour it;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Parable of the Sower
3“Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. 5Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.…

Cross References
Matthew 13:4
And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

Mark 4:3
"Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.

Mark 4:5
Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.


Treasury of Scripture

And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

Mark 4:15
And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

Genesis 15:11
And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

Matthew 13:4,19
And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: …

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Mark 4
1. The parable of the sower,
14. and the meaning thereof.
21. We must communicate the light of our knowledge to others.
26. The parable of the seed growing secretly;
30. and of the mustard seed.
35. Jesus stills the storm on the sea.
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
As
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

he was sowing,
σπείρειν (speirein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's 4687: To sow, spread, scatter. Probably strengthened from spao; to scatter, i.e. Sow.

some [seed]
(ho)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

fell
ἔπεσεν (epesen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4098: A reduplicated and contracted form of peto; probably akin to petomai through the idea of alighting; to fall.

along
παρὰ (para)
Preposition
Strong's 3844: Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.

the
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

path,
ὁδόν (hodon)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3598: A way, road, journey, path. Apparently a primary word; a road; by implication, a progress; figuratively, a mode or means.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
τὰ (ta)
Article - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

birds
πετεινὰ (peteina)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's 4071: A bird, fowl. Neuter of a derivative of petomai; a flying animal, i.e. Bird.

came
ἦλθεν (ēlthen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2064: To come, go.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

devoured
κατέφαγεν (katephagen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2719: To eat up, eat till it is finished, devour, squander, annoy, injure. From kata and esthio; to eat down, i.e. Devour.

it.
αὐτό (auto)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


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