Mark 4:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.”

Mark 4:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Mark 4:17 in 6 Bible Translations

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Mark 4:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.”

Mark 4:17 — World English Bible

Mark 4:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“and they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway they stumble.”

Mark 4:17 — American Standard Version

Mark 4:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and have not root in themselves, but are temporary; afterward tribulation or persecution having come because of the word, immediately they are stumbled.”

Mark 4:17 — Young's Literal Translation

Mark 4:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“and they have no root in themselves, but are for a time: then, tribulation arising, or persecution on account of the word, immediately they are offended.”

Mark 4:17 — Darby Translation

Mark 4:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Yet haue they no roote in themselues, and endure but a time: for when trouble and persecution ariseth for the worde, immediatly they be offended.”

Mark 4:17 — Geneva Bible

Mark 4:17 in Context — Mark 4

15 Y éstos son los de junto al camino: en los que la palabra es sembrada: mas después que la oyeron, luego viene Satanás, y quita la palabra que fué sembrada en sus corazones.

16 Y asimismo éstos son los que son sembrados en pedregales: los que cuando han oído la palabra, luego la toman con gozo;

17 Mas no tienen raíz en sí, antes son temporales, que en levantándose la tribulación ó la persecución por causa de la palabra, luego se escandalizan.

18 Y éstos son los que son sembrados entre espinas: los que oyen la palabra;

19 Mas los cuidados de este siglo, y el engaño de las riquezas, y las codicias que hay en las otras cosas, entrando, ahogan la palabra, y se hace infructuosa.

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What Does Mark 4:17 Mean?

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