Verse Comparison: Mark 4:31
American Standard Version
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the earth, though it be less than all the seeds that are upon the earth,
Amplified® Bible
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all seeds upon the earth;
Contemporary English Version
It is like what happens when a mustard seed is planted in the ground. It is the smallest seed in all the world.
Darby English Version
As to a grain of mustard [seed], which, when it is sown upon the earth, is less than all seeds which are upon the earth,
Good News Bible
It is like this. A man takes a mustard seed, the smallest seed in the world, and plants it in the ground.
International Standard Version
It is like a mustard seed planted in the ground. Although it is the smallest of all the seeds on earth,
King James Version
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
New American Standard Bible
"{It is} like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil,
New International Version
It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest seed you plant in the ground.
New King James Version
It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth;
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"It resembles a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that fall upon the soil,
Young's Literal Translation
As a grain of mustard, which, whenever it may be sown on the earth, is less than any of the seeds that are on the earth;