Mark 4:5

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^4:5Other seed fell on rocky ground⁵ where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep.⁶

5 The rocky ground in Palestine would be a limestone base lying right under the soil.
6 Grk “it did not have enough depth of earth.”

Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil.

Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.

Other seed fell on rocky ground where it didn’t have much soil, and it grew up quickly, since the soil wasn’t deep.

Other seed fell on shallow soil with underlying rock. The seed sprouted quickly because the soil was shallow.

And other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil, and it sprang up at once, because it did not have any depth of soil.

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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