Luke 8:6
“And some fell vpon a rocke, and assoone as it was sprung vp, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.”
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Luke 8:6 Context
4¶ And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of euery citie, he spake by a parable: 5A Sower went out to sowe his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the wayes side, and it was troden downe, and the foules of the aire deuoured it. 6And some fell vpon a rocke, and assoone as it was sprung vp, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. 7And some fell among thornes, and the thornes sprang vp with it, and choked it. 8And other fell on good ground, and sprang vp, and bare fruite an hundred fold. And when hee saide these things, he cryed, He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.
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And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
- King James Version
"Other {seed} fell on rocky {soil,} and as soon as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And other fell on the rock; and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And some went on the rock, and when it came up it became dry and dead because it had no water.
- Basic English Bible
and other fell upon the rock, and having sprung up, it was dried up because it had not moisture;
- Darby Bible
And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered, because it lacked moisture.
- Webster's Bible
Another part drops upon the rock, and after growing up it withers away for want of moisture.
- Weymouth Bible
Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
- World English Bible
And othir fel on a stoon, and it sprunge vp, and driede, for it hadde not moysture.
- Wycliffe Bible
`And other fell upon the rock, and having sprung up, it did wither, through not having moisture.
- Youngs Literal Bible