Mark 4:6

And when the shemesh rose, it was scorched and, because it did not have a shoresh (root), it withered.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

In Context

5And other [seeds] fell upon the rocky places where it did not have much soil, and ofen ort (immediately) it sprang up because it did not have depth of soil.

7And other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them, and it did not yield pri.

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Cross References

Psalms 92:13The tzaddik shall flourish like the palm tree; 1 he shall grow like a cedar in Levanon. 1

Isaiah 25:4For Thou hast been a ma'oz (refuge) to the poor, 1 a ma'oz to the evyon in his tzoros, 1 a makheseh (shelter, cover) from the zerem (shower, storm, downpour), 1 a tzel (shade) from the chorev (heat), 1 when the ruach of the ruthless ones 1 is like a zerem (shower, storm, downpour) against a wall. 1

Jonah 4:8And it came to pass, when the shemesh did arise, that Elohim prepared a vehement scorching east ruach (wind); and the shemesh beat upon the rosh Yonah, that he grew faint, and wanted to + 4:8 Moshiach is the Navi like Moshe, the Navi like Yonah, whom Mavet swallows and then vomits up so that he can divide the spoil with those whose chet he bears away to death like the Yom Kippur scapegoat (see Isa 53:12 ). die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

Colossians 2:7Having been rooted and built up in Moshiach and being firmly founded in the emunah as you were given Messianic + 2:7 orthodox lernen (study), abounding in hodayah.

James 1:11For the shemesh (sun) rose with its burning heat and dried the grass and its TZITZ NAVEL + 1:11 Isa 40:6-8 (flower blossom fell). And the beauty of its appearance perished, so also the “oisher” (rich man) in his goings will fade away. + 1:11 Ps 102:4,11

Revelation 7:16They will hunger no more nor thirst nor shall the shemesh (sun) strike them nor any scorching heat, + 7:16 Isa 49:10

Matthew Henry on Mark 4:2-21

The Parable of the Sower. 1 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, 3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had… Read the whole commentary →

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