27Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.


In Context

24 "Consider carefully what you hear," he continued. "With the measure you use, it will be measured to you--and even more.

25 Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him."

26 He also said, "This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground.

27 Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.

28 All by itself the soil produces grain-- first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.

29 As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come."

Mark 4:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:27And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:27And should sleep, and rise, night and day, and the seed should spring, and grow up whilst he knoweth not.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:27and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knoweth not how.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:27and should sleep and rise up night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he does not know how.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:27and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knoweth not how.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:27And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:27and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he doesn't know how.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:27and may sleep, and may rise night and day, and the seed spring up and grow, he hath not known how;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:27And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knows not how.