American Standard Version
and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knoweth not how.

Amplified® Bible
And then continues sleeping and rising night and day while the seed sprouts and grows {and} increases--he knows not how.

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.

Darby English Version
and should sleep and rise up night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he does not know how.

Good News Bible
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.

International Standard Version
He sleeps and gets up night and day while the seeds sprout and grow, although he doesn't know how.

King James Version
And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not 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 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.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
and he goes to bed at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows--how, he himself does not know.

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;

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