Matthew 13 · Verse 5

Matthew 13:5

Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
Matthew 13:5, King James Version

Matthew 13:5 in other translations

BSBSome fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.
WEBOthers fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.
ASVand others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth: and straightway they sprang up, because they had no deepness of earth:
YLTand others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang forth, through not having depth of earth,
DARBYand others fell upon the rocky places where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang up out of the ground because of not having any depth of earth,
BBEAnd some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:
WebsterSome fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

What does Matthew 13:5 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 5. Stony places. Where there was little earth, but where it was hard and rocky; so that the roots could not strike down into the earth for sufficient moisture to support the plant, When the sun became hot, they of course withered away. They sprang up the sooner because there was little earth to cover them.

Forthwith. Immediately. Not that they sprouted and grew any quicker or faster than the others, but they were not so long in reaching the surface. Having little root, they soon withered away.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Stony places - Where there was a thin surface of earth, and a rock at the bottom.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 13:1-23

The parable of the tares. (24-30; 36-43) The parables of the mustard-seed and the leaven. (31-35) The parables of the hidden treasure, the pearl of great price, the net cast into the sea, and the householder. (44-52) Jesus is again rejected at Nazareth. (53-58) Verses 1-23 Jesus entered into a boat that he might be the less pressed, and be the better heard by the people. By this he teaches us in the outward…

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Matthew 13:5 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.

ἄλλαallaOtherG243
δὲdenowG1161
ἔπεσενepesenfellG4098
ἐπὶepiuponG1909
τὰtatheG3588
πετρώδηpetrōdērocky placesG4075
ὅπουhopouwhereG3699
οὐκouknotG3756
εἶχενeichenit was havingG2192
γῆνgēnsoilG1093
πολλήν,pollēnmuch,G4183
καὶkaiandG2532
εὐθέωςeutheōsimmediatelyG2112
ἐξανέτειλενexaneteilenit sprang upG1816
διὰdiathroughG1223
τὸto<the>G3588
μὴmēnotG3361
ἔχεινecheinhavingG2192
βάθοςbathosdepthG899
γῆς.gēsof soil.G1093

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Matthew 13:5

  • Ezekiel 36:26

    A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

  • 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:

  • Zechariah 7:12

    Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts.

  • Amos 6:12

    Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:

  • Matthew 13:20

    But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
20; Eze 11:19; 36:26; Am 6:12; Zec 7:12

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

Context

  • Matthew 13:4

    And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

  • Matthew 13:5

    Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

  • Matthew 13:6

    And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

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Matthew 13:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y parte cayó en pedregales, donde no tenía mucha tierra; y nació luego, porque no tenía profundidad de tierra:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et d’autres tombèrent sur les endroits rocailleux, où ils n’avaient pas beaucoup de terre; et aussitôt ils levèrent, parce qu’ils n’avaient pas une terre profonde;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Anderes aber fiel auf das Steinichte, wo es nicht viel Erde hatte; und alsbald ging es auf, weil es nicht tiefe Erde hatte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Alia autem ceciderunt in petrosa, ubi non habebant terram multam: et continuo exorta sunt, quia non habebant altitudinem terræ: