KJV King James Version
But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Mark 4:29
But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
WEB World English Bible
But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts forth the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
ASV American Standard Version
But when the fruit is ripe, straightway he putteth forth the sickle, because the harvest is come.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and whenever the fruit may yield itself, immediately he doth send forth the sickle, because the harvest hath come.’
Surrounding context — Mark 4
26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
31 [It is] like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
32 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
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ὅτανG3752 · hotanwhen(-ever)δὲG1161 · dethenπαραδοῖG3860 · paradidōmito deliverὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoκαρπός,G2590 · karposfruitεὐθὺςG2112 · eutheōsimmediatelyἀποστέλλειG649 · apostellōto sendτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoδρέπανονG1407 · drepanonsickleὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatπαρέστηκενG3936 · paristēmito stand byὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoθερισμός.¶G2326 · therismosharvest
Cross-references
Joel 3:13Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness [is] great.Matthew 13:40-43As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.Matthew 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.Isaiah 57:1-2The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth [it] to heart: and merciful men [are] taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come].Revelation 14:13-17And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed [are] the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.Job 5:26Thou shalt come to [thy] grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.2 Timothy 4:7-8I have fought a good fight, I have finished [my] course, I have kept the faith:
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