King James Version

Mark 4:5

And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “and” (καὶ) before immediately here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “however” (δὲ) before fell here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἄλλοalloanotherἄλλος (allos)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “another”, the subject formG243other, another (of more than two), different.This verse uses “another”.ἔπεσενepesento collapseπίπτω (piptō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to collapse”, a single actionG4098I fall, fall under (as under condemnation), fall prostrate.ἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πετρῶδεςpetrōdesrockyπετρῶδεςadjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “rocky”, the object formG4075rocky, stony.This verse uses “rocky”.ὅπουhopouwhereὅπουadverb — “where”G3699where, whither, in what place.This verse uses “where”.οὐκouknoοὐ (ou)adverb — “no”G3756no, not.εἶχενeichenit hadἔχω (echō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “it had”, an ongoing action in the pastG2192I have, hold, possess.it hadγῆνgēnof earthγῆ (gē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “of earth”, the object formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.of earthπολλήνpollēnmuchπολύς (polus)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “much”, the object formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.εὐθὺςeuthusimmediatelyεὐθύςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “immediately”, the subject formG2117adj: (a) straight of direction, as opposed to crooked, (b) upright; adv: immediately.This verse uses “immediately”.Strong’s files this form under G2112 (εὐθέως).ἐξανέτειλενexaneteilento sprout upἐξανατέλλω (exanatellō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to sprout up”, a single actionG1816I rise (spring) up out (of the ground).διὰdiathroughδιάpreposition — “through”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.This verse uses “through”.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.ἔχεινecheinto haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active infinitive — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.βάθοςbathosdepthβάθοςnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “depth”, the object formG899depth; deep water; met: fullness, immensity; an extreme degree; profundities, deep-laid plans.This verse uses “depth”.γῆςgēsearthγῆ (gē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “earth”, the of-formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.

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δὲdeAndδέconjunction — “And”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and other fell upon the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprang forth, because of not having depth of earth,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And other fell on the rocky ground , where it had not much earth; and straightway it sprang up, because it had no deepness of earth:

Young’s Literal Translation

and other fell upon the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprang forth, because of not having depth of earth,

World English Bible

Others fell on the rocky ground , where it had little soil , and immediately it sprang up , because it had no depth of soil .

Darby Translation

And another fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprung up out [of the ground] because it had no depth of earth;

Douay-Rheims

And other some fell upon stony ground, where it had not much earth; and it shot up immediately, because it had no depth of earth.

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