Mark 4:31 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

As a grain of mustard, which, whenever it may be sown on the earth, is less than any of the seeds that are on the earth;

English ASV

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the earth, though it be less than all the seeds that are upon the earth,

English Amplified

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all seeds upon the earth;

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all seeds upon the earth;

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds sown upon the earth.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

It’s like a mustard seed that, when sown upon the soil, is the smallest of all the seeds on the ground.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

As to a grain of mustard [seed], which, when it is sown upon the earth, is less than all seeds which are upon the earth,

English EASY 2024

It is like this: A man takes a seed of the plant called mustard. He plants it in the soil. It is smaller than any other seed that people plant in the soil.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

God's kingdom is like a mustard seed, which is smaller than any other seed on earth that you can plant.

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth,

English GNT (Good News Translation)

It is like this. A man takes a mustard seed, the smallest seed in the world, and plants it in the ground.

English God's Word - GW 1995

It's like a mustard seed planted in the ground. The mustard seed is one of the smallest seeds on earth.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

It's like a mustard seed that, when sown in the soil, is smaller than all the seeds on the ground.

English KJV 1611

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:

English LSB

It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smallest of all the seeds that are upon the soil,

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

It is like a grain of mustard seed which, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest seed on earth.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil,

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

It is like a mustard seed that when sown in the ground, even though it is the smallest of all the seeds in the ground —

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest seed planted in the ground.

English NIV

It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest seed you plant in the ground.

English NKJ 1982

It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth;

English NLT

It is like a tiny mustard seed. Though this is one of the smallest of seeds,

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth;

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

It is like the mustard seed, the tiniest of all the seeds,

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth;

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

It is like a tiny mustard seed! Though this is one of the smallest of seeds,

English Tyndale 1537

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which when it is sown in the earth, is the least of all seeds that be in the earth:

Mark 4:31 — Compare Translations