Mark 4 · Verse 6

Mark 4:6

But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
Mark 4:6, King James Version

Mark 4:6 in other translations

BSBBut when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
WEBWhen the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
ASVand when the sun was risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
YLTand the sun having risen, it was scorched, and because of not having root it did wither;
DARBYand when the sun arose it was burnt up, and because of its not having any root, it withered.
BBEAnd when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root, it became dry and dead.
WebsterBut when the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

What does Mark 4:6 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 6.

(b) "and because it" Ps 1:4

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 4:1-20

This parable contained instruction so important, that all capable of hearing were bound to attend to it. There are many things we are concerned to know; and if we understand not the plain truths of the gospel, how shall we learn those more difficult! It will help us to value the privileges we enjoy as disciples of Christ, if we seriously consider the deplorable state of all who have not such privileges. In the great…

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Mark 4:6 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
ὅτεhoteafterG3753
ἀνέτειλενaneteilenroseG393
ἥλιος,hēliossunG2246
ἐκαυματίσθηekaumatisthēit was scorchedG2739
καὶkaiandG2532
διὰdiabecause ofG1223
τὸto<the>G3588
μὴmēnotG3361
ἔχεινecheinhavingG2192
ῥίζανrhizanrootG4491
ἐξηράνθη.exēranthēit withered away.G3583

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Cross references for Mark 4:6

  • Jeremiah 17:5-8

    Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

  • James 1:11

    For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

  • Jonah 4:8

    And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

  • Isaiah 25:4

    For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

  • Colossians 2:7

    Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

  • Revelation 7:16

    They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.

  • Ephesians 3:17

    That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

  • Jude 1:12

    These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

  • Psalms 1:3-4

    And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

  • Psalms 92:13-15

    Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; To shew that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

  • Song of Solomon 1:6

    Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:10

    And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the sun.
So 1:6; Isa 25:4; Jon 4:8; Jas 1:11; Re 7:16
no root.
Ps 1:3,4; 92:13-15; Jer 17:5-8; Eph 3:17; Col 2:7; 2Th 2:10; Jude 1:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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:

  • Mark 4:6

    But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

  • Mark 4:7

    And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

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Mark 4:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas salido el sol, se quemó; y por cuanto no tenía raíz, se secó.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et quand le soleil se leva, ils furent brûlés, et, parce qu’ils n’avaient pas de racine, ils furent séchés.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und als die Sonne aufging, wurde es verbrannt, und weil es keine Wurzel hatte, verdorrte es.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et quando exortus est sol, exæstuavit: et eo quod non habebat radicem, exaruit.