56Ye 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?


In Context

53 They shall be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother in law against her daughter in law, and daughter in law against her mother in law.

54 And he said to the multitudes also, When ye see a cloud rising in the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it cometh to pass.

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

56 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?

57 And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?

58 For as thou art going with thine adversary before the magistrate, on the way give diligence to be quit of him; lest haply he hale thee unto the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer shall cast thee into prison.

Luke 12:56 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:56[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?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:56Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don't know how to interpret this present time?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:56You hypocrites, you know how to discern the face of the heaven and of the earth: but how is it that you do not discern this time?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:56Ye 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?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:56Hypocrites, 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?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:56Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky, and of the earth; but how is it, that ye do not discern this time?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:56You 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?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:56hypocrites! the face of the earth and of the heaven ye have known to make proof of, but this time — how do ye not make proof of it?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:56You hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that you do not discern this time?