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?


In Context

53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in- law."

54 He said to the crowd: "When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, 'It's going to rain,' and it does.

55 And when the south wind blows, you say, 'It's going to be hot,' and it is.

56 Hypocrites! 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?

57 "Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right?

58 As you are going with your adversary to the magistrate, try hard to be reconciled to him on the way, or he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you 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 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 English Revised 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 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?