Matthew Chapter 13 verse 5 Holy Bible
and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth: and straightway they sprang up, because they had no deepness of earth:
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And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:
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and others fell upon the rocky places where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang up out of [the ground] because of not having [any] depth of earth,
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Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
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Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn't have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.
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and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang forth, through not having depth of earth,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - Some (and others, Revised Version) fell upon stony places; the rocky places (Revised Version). Where the underlying rock was hardly, if at all, covered by soil. Such spots would be common in the fields of Palestine, as in those of all mountainous countries. Where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprang up (ἐξανέτειλεν). They shot up quicker than the thorns in ver. 7 (ἀνέβησαν). Because they had no deepness of earth.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) Stony places.--Either ground in which stones and pebbles were mingled with the soil, or, more probably, where a thin stratum of earth covered the solid rock. Here, of course, growth was rapid through the very circumstance which was afterwards fatal.
