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Young's Literal Translation

Mark 4:9

And he said to them, `He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Apostasy;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Minister, Christian;   Sermon;   Sower;   Word of God;   The Topic Concordance - Bearing Fruit;   Understanding;   Word of God;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Apocalyptic;   Christ, Christology;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Allegory;   Mark, the Gospel of;   Sower;   Watch;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Discourse;   Doctrines;   Ear (2);   Hearing;   Parable;   Physical ;   Premeditation;   Teaching of Jesus;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ear;   Mark, the Gospel According to;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then he said, “Let anyone who has ears to hear listen.”
King James Version (1611)
And he said vnto them, He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.
King James Version
And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
English Standard Version
And he said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
New American Standard Bible
And He was saying, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
New Century Version
Then Jesus said, "Let those with ears use them and listen!"
Amplified Bible
And He said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And He was saying, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
Legacy Standard Bible
And He was saying, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
Berean Standard Bible
Then Jesus said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
Contemporary English Version
Then Jesus said, "If you have ears, pay attention."
Complete Jewish Bible
And he concluded, "Whoever has ears to hear with, let him hear!"
Darby Translation
And he said, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Jesus said, "You people who hear me, listen!"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then he said vnto them, He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.
George Lamsa Translation
And he said, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
Good News Translation
And Jesus concluded, "Listen, then, if you have ears!"
Lexham English Bible
And he said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear!"
Literal Translation
And He said to them, The one having ears to hear, let him hear.
American Standard Version
And he said, Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Bible in Basic English
And he said to them, Whoever has ears, let him give ear.
Hebrew Names Version
He said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."
International Standard Version
He added, "Let the person who has ears to hear, listen!"
Etheridge Translation
And he said, Whoever hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Murdock Translation
And he said: Whoever hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he saide vnto them: He that hath eares to heare, let hym heare.
English Revised Version
And he said, Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
World English Bible
He said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he said, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Weymouth's New Testament
"Listen," He added, "every one who has ears to listen with!"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide, He that hath eeris of heryng, here he.
Update Bible Version
And he said, Who has ears to hear, let him hear.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
New English Translation
And he said, "Whoever has ears to hear had better listen!"
New King James Version
And He said to them, [fn] "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
New Living Translation
Then he said, "Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand."
New Life Bible
He said to them, "You have ears, then listen!"
New Revised Standard
And he said, "Let anyone with ears to hear listen!"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he was saying - He that hath ears to hear, let him hear!
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said: He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Revised Standard Version
And he said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he sayde vnto them: he that hath eares to heare let him heare.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he sayde vnto them: Who so hath eares to heare, let him heare.
Mace New Testament (1729)
he that hath ears to hear, said he, let him hear.
THE MESSAGE
"Are you listening to this? Really listening?"
Simplified Cowboy Version
Whoever has ears should be listening."

Contextual Overview

1 And again he began to teach by the sea, and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he, having gone into the boat, sat in the sea, and all the multitude was near the sea, on the land, 2 and he taught them many things in similes, and he said to them in his teaching: 3 `Hearken, lo, the sower went forth to sow; 4 and it came to pass, in the sowing, some fell by the way, and the fowls of the heaven did come and devour it; 5 and other fell upon the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprang forth, because of not having depth of earth, 6 and the sun having risen, it was scorched, and because of not having root it did wither; 7 and other fell toward the thorns, and the thorns did come up, and choke it, and fruit it gave not; 8 and other fell to the good ground, and was giving fruit, coming up and increasing, and it bare, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.' 9 And he said to them, `He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.' 10 And when he was alone, those about him, with the twelve, did ask him of the simile,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Mark 4:3, Mark 4:23, Mark 4:24, Mark 7:14, Mark 7:16, Matthew 11:15, Matthew 13:9, Matthew 15:10, Luke 8:18, Revelation 3:6, Revelation 3:13, Revelation 3:22

Reciprocal: Job 33:1 - hear Luke 4:5 - taking

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
and Abel, he hath brought, he also, from the female firstlings of his flock, even from their fat ones; and Jehovah looketh unto Abel and unto his present,
Genesis 4:9
And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Where [is] Abel thy brother?' and he saith, `I have not known; my brother's keeper -- I?'
Genesis 4:11
and now, cursed [art] thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand;
Genesis 4:13
And Cain saith unto Jehovah, `Greater is my punishment than to be borne;
Genesis 4:14
lo, Thou hast driven me to-day from off the face of the ground, and from Thy face I am hid; and I have been a wanderer, even a trembling one, in the earth, and it hath been -- every one finding me doth slay me.'
Genesis 37:32
and send the long coat, and they bring [it] in unto their father, and say, `This have we found; discern, we pray thee, whether it [is] thy son's coat or not?'
Psalms 9:12
For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.
Proverbs 28:13
Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.
John 8:44
`Ye are of a father -- the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar -- also his father.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said unto them,.... To the multitude of hearers that were on the sea shore attending to the word preached, and among whom, doubtless, there were all those sorts of hearers mentioned in this parable:

he that hath ears to hear, let him hear: observe, and take notice of what has been said, as being of the greatest moment and importance: for a larger explanation and illustration of this parable, see the notes on Matthew 13:3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-9.

See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-9.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Mark 4:9. And he said - He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. — The Codex Bezae, later Syriac in the margin, and seven copies of the Itala, add, και ὁ συνιων συνιετω, and whoso understandeth, let him understand.


 
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