| Luke 12:56 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | "You hypocrites! You know how to analyze the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why do you not analyze this present time? (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | You hypocrites! You can forecast the weather by judging the appearance of earth and sky. But for some reason you don't know how to judge the time in which you're living.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| 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? |
| 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? |
| BBE: | O false ones! the face of the earth and the heaven is clear to you; how is it that the signs of these times are not as clear to you? |
| DBY: | 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? |
| ERV: | 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? |
| WEY: | Vain pretenders! You know how to read the aspect of earth and sky. How is it you cannot read this present time? |
| WBS: | 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? |
| YLT: | hypocrites! 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? |
| Luke 12:56 Cross References |
| XREF: | Matthew 16:3 "And in the morning, 'There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Do you know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times? (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| PNT: | 12:54-57 When ye see a cloud rising. See notes on Mt 16:2,3. |
| WES: | 12:56 How do ye not discern this season - Of the Messiah's coming, distinguishable by so many surer signs. |
| MHC: | 12:54-59 Christ would have the people to be as wise in the concerns of their souls as they are in outward affairs. Let them hasten to obtain peace with God before it is too late. If any man has found that God has set himself against him concerning his sins, let him apply to him as God in Christ reconciling the world to himself. While we are alive, we are in the way, and now is our time. |
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