2But he answered them, |When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'


In Context

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

2 But he answered them, |When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'

3 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!

4 An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.| He left them, and departed.

Matthew 16:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:2He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, [It will be] fair weather: for the sky is red.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:2He replied, "When evening comes, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:2But he answered and said to them: When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:2But he answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the heaven is red.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:2But he answering said to them, When evening is come, ye say, Fine weather, for the sky is red;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:2But he answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the heaven is red.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:2He answered and said to them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:2and he answering said to them, 'Evening having come, ye say, Fair weather, for the heaven is red,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:2He answered and said to them, When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.