Luke 12:56

Wisdom Integrity

⁵⁴ And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.

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

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

⁵⁷ Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?

⁵⁸ When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why don’t you know how to interpret the present time?
KJV: Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
WEB: You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don’t interpret this time?
ASV: Ye hypocrites, ye know how to interpret the face of the earth and the heaven; but how is it that ye know not how to interpret this time?
DARBY: Hypocrites, ye know how to judge of the appearance of the earth and of the heaven; how [is it then that] ye do not discern this time?
BLB: Hypocrites! The face of the earth and of the sky you⁺ know to discern, but how do you⁺ not know to discern this time?

ÅB: Dere hyklere! Jordens og himmelens utseende vet dere å tyde; hvorfor kan dere da ikke tyde denne tid?
OTB: Dere hyklere! Dere vet hvordan dere skal tolke jordens og himmelens utseende, men hvordan er det at dere ikke vet hvordan dere skal tolke denne tiden?
B1930: I hyklere! Jordens og himmelens utseende vet I å tyde; hvorfor kan I da ikke tyde denne tid?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Matthew 16:3
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?
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Matthew 24:32–33
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
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Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
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1 Chronicles 12:32
And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
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Luke 19:42–44
Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
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Daniel 9:24–26
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
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Galatians 4:4
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
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Malachi 4:2
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
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