Matthew 16:2
1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
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?
4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘The weather will be fair, for the sky is red,’
- KJV
- He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
- WEB
- But he answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’
- ASV
- But he answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, [It will be] fair weather: for the heaven is red.
- DARBY
- But he answering said to them, When evening is come, ye say, Fine weather, for the sky is red;
- BLB
- And answering, He said to them, “Evening having come, you⁺ say, ‘Fair weather, for the sky is red,’
- ÅB
- Men han svarte dem: «Når det er blitt kveld sier dere: ‘Det blir godt vær, for himmelen er rød’;
- OTB
- Han svarte, “Om kvelden sier dere, ‘Det blir fint vær, for himmelen er rød,’
- B1930
- Men han svarte og sa til dem: Når det er blitt aften, sier I: Det blir godt vær, for himmelen er rød;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 12:54–56
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.
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