Cross-referencesExplore similar Bible verses on Mark 4:27 in English Standard Version "He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how." Ec 11:5 As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.Ec 11:6 In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.