Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them,
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, and birds came and ate them up.
A Conservative Version
And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured them.
American Standard Version
and as he sowed, some'seeds fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured them:
Amplified
An Understandable Version
And some of the seed he sowed [i.e., scattering it by hand] landed along the side of the road and birds came and ate it.
Anderson New Testament
And as he sowed, some seeds fell by the way: and the birds came and ate them up.
Bible in Basic English
And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:
Common New Testament
And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.
Daniel Mace New Testament
and in sowing, part of the grain fell in the high-way, and the fowls light and peck'd them up:
Darby Translation
and as he sowed, some grains fell along the way, and the birds came and devoured them;
Godbey New Testament
And while he was sowing, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and ate them up.
Goodspeed New Testament
and as he was sowing, some of the seed fell by the path and the birds came and ate it up,
John Wesley New Testament
And while he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured them.
Julia Smith Translation
And in his sowing some truly fell by the way, and the flying things came and swallowed them down.
King James 2000
And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
Lexham Expanded Bible
and while he was sowing, {some seed} fell on the side of the path, and the birds came [and] devoured it.
Modern King James verseion
And as he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and the fowls came, and devoured it up.
Moffatt New Testament
and as he sowed some seeds fell on the road and the birds came and ate them up.
Montgomery New Testament
and as he sowed, some seed fell by the roadside, and the birds came and ate it.
NET Bible
And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.
New Heart English Bible
And as he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.
Noyes New Testament
And as he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them.
Sawyer New Testament
and as he sowed, some fell by the way, and the birds came and devoured it.
The Emphasized Bible
and, as he sowed, some, indeed, fell by the pathway, and, the birds, came, and devoured it;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and as he was sowing, some seeds fell indeed by the road-side; and the birds came and ate them up:
Twentieth Century New Testament
As he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
Webster
And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them:
Weymouth New Testament
As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up.
Williams New Testament
and as he was sowing, some of the seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate them up,
World English Bible
As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.
Worrell New Testament
And, in his sowing, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the birds, coming, devoured them.
Worsley New Testament
and as he was sowing, some seeds fell by the way-side, and the birds came and ate them up:
Themes
Agriculture » Figurative » Parable » Of the sower
Bearing fruit » The sowing of God’s word
Birds » Illustrative » Of the devil and his spirits
Birds » Many kinds of, granivorous
Christian ministers » Compared to sowers
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The sower
Jesus Christ » History of » Parable of the sower (at lake galilee)
Parables » Parables of Christ » Sower
Seed » Sowing of » Often attended with great waste
The Devil » Compared to » Fowls
Topics
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 13:4
Images Matthew 13:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Sower
3 and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: 'Lo, the sower went forth to sow, 4 and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them, 5 and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang forth, through not having depth of earth,
Cross References
Matthew 13:18-19
'Ye, therefore, hear ye the simile of the sower: