Matthew 16:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

And in the morning, It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening. O you hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times?

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    In the morning, you say, 'There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and overcast.' Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, yet you cannot discern the signs of the times.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And{G2532} in the morning,{G4404} [It will be] foul weather{G5494} to-day:{G4594} for{G1063} the heaven{G3772} is red{G4449} and lowering.{G4768} Ye{G5273} know{G1097} how to discern{G1252} the face{G4383} of the heaven;{G3772} but{G1161} ye{G1410} cannot{G3756} [discern] the signs{G4592} of the times.{G2540}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And{G2532} in the morning{G4404}, It will be foul weather{G5494} to day{G4594}: for{G1063} the sky{G3772} is red{G4449}{(G5719)} and lowring{G4768}{(G5723)}. O ye hypocrites{G5273}, ye can{G1097}{(G5719)} discern{G1252}{(G5721)}{G3303} the face{G4383} of the sky{G3772}; but{G1161} can ye{G1410}{(G5736)} not{G3756} discern the signs{G4592} of the times{G2540}?

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    and in the morninge ye saye to daye shalbe foule wedder and that because the skye is cloudy and reed. O ye ypocrites ye can discerne ye fassion of the skye: and can ye not discerne ye signes of the tymes?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And in ye mornynge, ye saye: It wil be foule wedder to daye, for the sskye is reed, & gloometh. O ye ypocrytes, ye can discerne the fashion of ye sskye: can ye not the discerne the tokes of these tymes also?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And in the morning ye say, To day shall be a tempest: for the skie is red and lowring. O hypocrites, ye can discerne the face of the skie, and can ye not discerne the signes of the times?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And in the mornyng, It wyll be foule weather to day: for the sky is lowryng redde. O ye hypocrites, ye can discerne the outwarde appearaunce of the sky: but can ye not discerne the signes of the tymes?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ‹And in the morning,› [It will be] ‹foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O› [ye] ‹hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not› [discern] ‹the signs of the times?›

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    In the morning, 'It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can't discern the signs of the times!

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and at morning, Foul weather to-day, for the heaven is red -- gloomy; hypocrites, the face of the heavens indeed ye do know to discern, but the signs of the times ye are not able!

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And in the morning, `It will be' foul weather to-day: for the heaven is red and lowering. Ye know how to discern the face of the heaven; but ye cannot `discern' the signs of the times.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And in the morning, [It will be] foul weather to-day: for the heaven is red and lowering. Ye know how to discern the face of the heaven; but ye cannot [discern] the signs of the times.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And in the morning, The weather will be bad today, for the sky is red and angry. You are able to see the face of heaven, but not the signs of the times.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    In the morning, 'It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can't discern the signs of the times!

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    and in the morning,‘It will be stormy today, because the sky is red and darkening.’ You know how to judge correctly the appearance of the sky, but you cannot evaluate the signs of the times.

Referenced Verses

  • Luke 12:56 : 56 You hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky and the earth; but how is it that you do not discern this time?
  • 1 Chr 12:32 : 32 Of the sons of Issachar, men who understood the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
  • Matt 4:23 : 23 And Jesus went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.
  • Matt 7:5 : 5 You hypocrite, first remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
  • Matt 11:5 : 5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
  • Matt 15:7 : 7 You hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
  • Matt 22:18 : 18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, nor allow those who are entering to go in.
  • Luke 11:44 : 44 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like graves which are not seen, and the men who walk over them are not aware of them.
  • Luke 13:15 : 15 The Lord then answered him, and said, You hypocrite, does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water?

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