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?

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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?

  • 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?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 16:1-2
    2 verses
    89%

    1The Pharisees and the Sadducees came and, testing Him, asked Him to show them a sign from heaven.

    2He answered and said to them, When it is evening you say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.

  • 87%

    54And he said also to the people, When you see a cloud rising out of the west, immediately you say, There comes a shower; and so it is.

    55And when you see the south wind blow, you say, There will be heat; and it comes to pass.

    56You hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky and the earth; but how is it that you do not discern this time?

    57Yes, and why even of yourselves do you not judge what is right?

  • 4A wicked and adulterous generation seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. And He left them and departed.

  • 7You hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

  • 68%

    38Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Teacher, we would like to see a sign from you.

    39But he answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and no sign shall be given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah:

    40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

  • 1Meanwhile, when there was gathered together a vast multitude of people, so much that they trampled one upon another, he began to say to his disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

  • 33Take heed, watch and pray: for you do not know when the time is.

  • 18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why do you test me, you hypocrites?

  • 68%

    29And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and no sign shall be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet.

    30For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of Man be to this generation.

  • 16Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance, for they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to fast. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward.

  • 68%

    22And he said to the disciples, The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

    23And they will say to you, See here, or see there: do not go after them or follow them.

    24For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

  • 28Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

  • 25And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

  • 67%

    28Now learn a parable of the fig tree; when its branch is yet tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near:

    29So you also, when you see these things come to pass, know that it is near, even at the doors.

    30Truly I say to you, that this generation shall not pass until all these things are done.

  • 24But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

  • 67%

    30When they now shoot forth, you see and know of your own selves that summer is now near at hand.

    31So likewise, when you see these things come to pass, know that the kingdom of God is near at hand.

  • Mark 8:11-12
    2 verses
    67%

    11And the Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking a sign from heaven, testing him.

    12And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation.

  • 16And others, tempting him, sought from him a sign from heaven.

  • 13Watch therefore, for you do not know the day nor the hour when the Son of Man comes.

  • 66%

    32Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch is yet tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near.

    33So likewise, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

  • 4Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?

  • 7And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? And what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?

  • 30Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.

  • 13But 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.

  • 15And he said to them, You are the ones who justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for what is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

  • 42Saying, If you had known, even you, at least in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

  • Matt 6:1-2
    2 verses
    65%

    1Be careful not to do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them; otherwise, you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

    2Therefore, when you do your charitable deeds, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward.

  • 21And now men do not see the bright light which is in the clouds, but the wind passes and clears them.

  • 16You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?

  • 42Or how can you say to your brother, Brother, let me pull out the speck that is in your eye, when you yourself do not see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of your own eye, and then you shall see clearly to pull out the speck that is in your brother's eye.

  • 26And then they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

  • 20Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.

  • 35And the same day, when evening had come, he said to them, Let us pass over to the other side.

  • 26Woe to you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

  • 33Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit.