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Source language
Original Greek   
καὶ καθεύδῃ καὶ ἐγείρηται νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν, καὶ ὁ σπόρος ⸀βλαστᾷ καὶ μηκύνηται ὡς οὐκ οἶδεν αὐτός.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
kai katheude kai egeiretai nukta kai emeran, kai o sporos rblasta kai mekunetai os ouk oiden autos.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
et dormiat et exsurgat nocte ac die et semen germinet et increscat dum nescit ille

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knows not how.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knows not how.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
Authorized (King James) Version   
and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
New King James Version   
and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how.
21st Century King James Version   
and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knoweth not how.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knoweth not how.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
“And he shall sleep and arise by night and by day and the seed grows and lengthens while he is unaware.”
Darby Bible Translation   
and should sleep and rise up night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he does not know how.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And should sleep, and rise, night and day, and the seed should spring, and grow up whilst he knoweth not.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knoweth not how.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how.
God's Word   
He sleeps at night and is awake during the day. The seeds sprout and grow, although the man doesn't know how.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
he sleeps and rises--night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows--he doesn't know how.
International Standard Version   
He sleeps and gets up night and day while the seeds sprout and grow, although he doesn't know how
NET Bible   
He goes to sleep and gets up, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.
New American Standard Bible   
and he goes to bed at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows-- how, he himself does not know.
New International Version   
Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.
New Living Translation   
Night and day, while he's asleep or awake, the seed sprouts and grows, but he does not understand how it happens.
Webster's Bible Translation   
And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
Weymouth New Testament   
he spends days and nights, now awake, now asleep, while the seed sprouts and grows tall, he knows not how.
The World English Bible   
and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he doesn't know how.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Then he sleeps each night and he wakes up each day. The seeds start to grow into plants. They continue to grow. The man does not know how this happens.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and may sleep, and may rise night and day, and the seed spring up and grow, he hath not known how;
New Life Version   
He goes to sleep every night and gets up every day. The seed grows, but he does not know how.
Revised Geneva Translation   
“and should sleep and rise up night and day. And the seed should spring and grow up, he not knowing how.
The Voice Bible   
Day and night, as he works and as he sleeps, the seeds sprout and climb out into the light, even though he doesn’t understand how it works.
Living Bible   
and went away, and as the days went by, the seeds grew and grew without his help.
New Catholic Bible   
Night and day, while he sleeps and while he is awake, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not understand how.
Legacy Standard Bible   
and he sleeps and rises, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows—how, he himself does not know.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring forth and grow up, he knows not how.
Christian Standard Bible   
He sleeps and rises night and day; the seed sprouts and grows, although he doesn’t know how.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
And then continues sleeping and rising night and day while the seed sprouts and grows and increases—he knows not how.
New Century Version   
Night and day, whether the person is asleep or awake, the seed still grows, but the person does not know how it grows.
The Message   
Then Jesus said, “God’s kingdom is like seed thrown on a field by a man who then goes to bed and forgets about it. The seed sprouts and grows—he has no idea how it happens. The earth does it all without his help: first a green stem of grass, then a bud, then the ripened grain. When the grain is fully formed, he reaps—harvest time!
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
and while he sleeps and rises, night and day, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
· He goes to bed and gets up, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows, although he does not know how.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how.
New Matthew Bible   
and sleeps, and rises up night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows up, he knows not how.
Good News Translation®   
He sleeps at night, is up and about during the day, and all the while the seeds are sprouting and growing. Yet he does not know how it happens.
Wycliffe Bible   
and he sleep, and it rise up night and day [and it sleep, and rise up in night and day], and bring forth seed, and wax fast, while he knoweth not.
New Testament for Everyone   
Every night he went to bed; every day he got up; and the seed sprouted and grew without him knowing how it did it.
Contemporary English Version   
The farmer sleeps at night and is up and around during the day. Yet the seeds keep sprouting and growing, and he doesn't understand how.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he knows not how.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
Then he said, “The kingdom of God is like a man scattering seed on the ground and then going to bed each night and getting up every morning, while the seed sprouts and grows up, though he has no idea how it happens. The earth produces a crop without any help from anyone: first a blade, then the ear of corn, then the full-grown grain in the ear. And as soon as the crop is ready, he sends his reapers in without delay, for the harvest-time has come.”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how.
Common English Bible © 2011   
then sleeps and wakes night and day. The seed sprouts and grows, but the farmer doesn’t know how.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
and he goes to bed at night and gets up every day, and [in the meantime] the seed sprouts and grows; how [it does this], he does not know.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
and would sleep and rise night and day and the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how.
New American Standard Bible   
and he goes to bed at night and gets up daily, and the seed sprouts and grows—how, he himself does not know.
The Expanded Bible   
Night and day, whether the person is asleep or awake, the seed still [sprouts and] grows, but the person does not know how it grows.
Tree of Life Version   
and falls asleep at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows. He himself doesn’t know how.
Revised Standard Version   
and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he knows not how.
New International Reader's Version   
Night and day the seed comes up and grows. It happens whether the farmer sleeps or gets up. He doesn’t know how it happens.
BRG Bible   
And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Nights he sleeps, days he’s awake; and meanwhile the seeds sprout and grow — how, he doesn’t know.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
Then he goes on just as he did before. He sleeps at night and wakes up in the morning. The seed begins to grow but he doesn't know what makes it grow.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And goes to sleep blailah (at night) and arises byom (at day), and the seed sprouts up and grows in such a way that he does not have daas of how it does so.
Names of God Bible   
He sleeps at night and is awake during the day. The seeds sprout and grow, although the man doesn’t know how.
Modern English Version   
He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he does not know how.
Easy-to-Read Version   
The seed begins to grow. It grows night and day. It doesn’t matter whether the man is sleeping or awake, the seed still grows. He doesn’t know how it happens.
International Children’s Bible   
The seed comes up and grows night and day. It doesn’t matter whether the man is asleep or awake; the seed still grows. The man does not know how it grows.
Lexham English Bible   
And he sleeps and gets up, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows—he does not know how.
New International Version - UK   
Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
and would be sleeping and arising night and day, and the seed would be budding and growing-long— how, he does not know.