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Young's Literal Translation

Mark 4:23

If any hath ears to hear -- let him hear.'

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Sermon;   The Topic Concordance - Kingdom of God;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Parables;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Mark, the Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Discourse;   Ear (2);   Hearing;   Physical ;   Teaching of Jesus;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ear;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen.”
King James Version (1611)
If any man haue eares to heare, let him heare.
King James Version
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
English Standard Version
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."
New American Standard Bible
"If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."
New Century Version
Let those with ears use them and listen!
Amplified Bible
"If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."
Legacy Standard Bible
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."
Berean Standard Bible
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."
Contemporary English Version
If you have ears, pay attention!
Complete Jewish Bible
Those who have ears to hear with, let them hear!"
Darby Translation
If any one have ears to hear, let him hear.
Easy-to-Read Version
You people who hear me, listen!
Geneva Bible (1587)
If any man haue eares to heare, let him heare.
George Lamsa Translation
If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.
Good News Translation
Listen, then, if you have ears!"
Lexham English Bible
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!"
Literal Translation
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.
American Standard Version
If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Bible in Basic English
If any man has ears, let him give ear.
Hebrew Names Version
If any man has ears to hear, let him hear."
International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Murdock Translation
If any one have ears to hear, let him hear.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
If any man haue eares to heare, let hym heare.
English Revised Version
If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear.
World English Bible
If any man has ears to hear, let him hear."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Weymouth's New Testament
Listen, every one who has ears to listen with!"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If ony man haue eeris of heryng, here he.
Update Bible Version
If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.
Webster's Bible Translation
If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear.
New English Translation
If anyone has ears to hear, he had better listen!"
New King James Version
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."
New Living Translation
Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand."
New Life Bible
You have ears, then listen!"
New Revised Standard
Let anyone with ears to hear listen!"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
If any one hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Douay-Rheims Bible
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
Revised Standard Version
If any man has ears to hear, let him hear."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Yf eny man have eares to heare let him heare.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Who so hath eares to heare, let him heare.
Mace New Testament (1729)
if any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
THE MESSAGE
"Are you listening to this? Really listening?
Simplified Cowboy Version
If you got ears, you'd best use them for listening to what I'm saying."

Contextual Overview

21 And he said to them, `Doth the lamp come that under the measure it may be put, or under the couch -- not that it may be put on the lamp-stand? 22 for there is not anything hid that may not be manifested, nor was anything kept hid but that it may come to light. 23 If any hath ears to hear -- let him hear.' 24 And he said to them, `Take heed what ye hear; in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you; and to you who hear it shall be added; 25 for whoever may have, there shall be given to him, and whoever hath not, also that which he hath shall be taken from him.' 26 And he said, `Thus is the reign of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth, 27 and may sleep, and may rise night and day, and the seed spring up and grow, he hath not known how; 28 for of itself doth the earth bear fruit, first a blade, afterwards an ear, afterwards full corn in the ear; 29 and whenever the fruit may yield itself, immediately he doth send forth the sickle, because the harvest hath come.' 30 And he said, `To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Mark 4:9, Matthew 11:15, Revelation 2:7, Revelation 2:11, Revelation 2:17, Revelation 2:29

Reciprocal: Proverbs 5:1 - attend Matthew 13:9 - General Mark 4:3 - Hearken Mark 7:16 - General Luke 8:18 - heed

Cross-References

Exodus 20:13
`Thou dost not murder.
Leviticus 19:18
`Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I [am] Jehovah.
Numbers 23:18
And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear unto me, son of Zippor!
Judges 9:7
and they declare [it] to Jotham, and he goeth and standeth on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifteth up his voice, and calleth, and saith to them, `Hearken unto me, O masters of Shechem, and God doth hearken unto you:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. What is now delivered, being very momentous and important; see Matthew 11:15.


 
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