Luke 8:6
New International Version
Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture.

New Living Translation
Other seed fell among rocks. It began to grow, but the plant soon wilted and died for lack of moisture.

English Standard Version
And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

Berean Standard Bible
Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture.

Berean Literal Bible
And other fell upon the rock, and having sprung up it withered through having no moisture.

King James Bible
And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.

New King James Version
Some fell on rock; and as soon as it sprang up, it withered away because it lacked moisture.

New American Standard Bible
Other seed fell on rocky soil, and when it came up, it withered away because it had no moisture.

NASB 1995
“Other seed fell on rocky soil, and as soon as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

NASB 1977
“And other seed fell on rocky soil, and as soon as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

Legacy Standard Bible
And other seed fell on rock and as soon as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

Amplified Bible
And some seed fell on [shallow soil covering] the rocks, and as soon as it sprouted, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

Christian Standard Bible
Other seed fell on the rock; when it grew up, it withered away, since it lacked moisture.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Other seed fell on the rock; when it sprang up, it withered, since it lacked moisture.

American Standard Version
And other fell on the rock; and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And other seed fell on the rock and in an hour it sprang up, and because there was no moisture for it, it dried up.

Contemporary English Version
Other seeds fell on rocky ground and started growing. But the plants did not have enough water and soon dried up.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And other some fell upon a rock: and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

English Revised Version
And other fell on the rock; and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Others were planted on rocky soil. When the plants came up, they withered because they had no moisture.

Good News Translation
Some of it fell on rocky ground, and when the plants sprouted, they dried up because the soil had no moisture.

International Standard Version
Others fell on stony ground, and as soon as they came up, they dried up because they had no moisture.

Literal Standard Version
And other fell on the rock, and having sprung up, it withered, through having no moisture.

Majority Standard Bible
Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture.

New American Bible
Some seed fell on rocky ground, and when it grew, it withered for lack of moisture.

NET Bible
Other seed fell on rock, and when it came up, it withered because it had no moisture.

New Revised Standard Version
Some fell on the rock; and as it grew up, it withered for lack of moisture.

New Heart English Bible
Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

Webster's Bible Translation
And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered, because it lacked moisture.

Weymouth New Testament
Another part drops upon the rock, and after growing up it withers away for want of moisture.

World English Bible
Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

Young's Literal Translation
'And other fell upon the rock, and having sprung up, it did wither, through not having moisture.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Parable of the Sower
5“A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it. 6 Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture. 7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the seedlings.…

Cross References
Luke 8:5
"A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.

Luke 8:7
Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the seedlings.


Treasury of Scripture

And some fell on a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.

Luke 8:13
They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

Jeremiah 5:3
O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

Ezekiel 11:19
And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:

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Luke 8
1. Women minister unto Jesus of their own means.
4. Jesus, after he had preached from place to place,
9. explains the parable of the sower,
16. and the candle;
19. declares who are his mother, and brothers;
22. rebukes the winds;
26. casts the legion of demons out of the man into the herd of pigs;
37. is rejected by the Gadarenes;
43. heals the woman of her bleeding;
49. and raises Jairus's daughter from death.














(6) Upon a rock.--Better, upon the rock. Note here also the use of a more accurate word than the "stony (or rocky) ground" of the other two reports, and the statement that it withered "because it lacked moisture." This is obviously not without its force in the spiritual interpretation of the parable, the "moisture" being the dew and rain of God's grace, without which the seed could not put forth its roots. This represents one aspect of what was lacking, as the having "no depth of earth "represents another.

Verse 6. - And some fell upon a rock. The picture here is not of a soil full of stones, but of a rocky portion of the corn-land where the rock is only covered with a thin layer of earth.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Other [seed]
ἕτερον (heteron)
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 2087: (a) of two: another, a second, (b) other, different, (c) one's neighbor. Of uncertain affinity; other or different.

fell
κατέπεσεν (katepesen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2667: To fall down, fall prostrate. From kata and pipto; to fall down.

on
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

rocky ground,
πέτραν (petran)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4073: A rock, ledge, cliff, cave, stony ground. Feminine of the same as Petros; a rock.

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

when it came up,
φυὲν (phyen)
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5453: To grow, grow up, spring up.

[the seedlings] withered
ἐξηράνθη (exēranthē)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3583: To dry up, parch, be ripened, wither, waste away. From xeros; to desiccate; by implication, to shrivel, to mature.

because
διὰ (dia)
Preposition
Strong's 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.

they had
ἔχειν (echein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

no
μὴ (mē)
Adverb
Strong's 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.

moisture.
ἰκμάδα (ikmada)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2429: Moisture. Of uncertain affinity; dampness.


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