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Interpreting the Present Time

Luke 12:55

In 9 translations

BSB
And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is.
KJV
And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
WEB
When a south wind blows, you say, ‘There will be a scorching heat,’ and it happens.
ASV
And when ye see a south wind blowing, ye say, There will be a scorching heat; and it cometh to pass.
LSV
and when a south wind is blowing, you say that there will be heat, and it is;
YLT
and when — a south wind blowing, ye say, that there will be heat, and it is;
DBY
And when [ye see] the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it happens.
DRC
And when ye see the south wind blow, you say: There will be heat: and it cometh to pass.
GNV
And when ye see the South winde blowe, ye say, that it wilbe hoate: and it commeth to passe.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Spelling of γίνεται: Tyndale House: γείνεται.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ ὅταν νότον πνέοντα, λέγετε ὅτι Καύσων ἔσται, καὶ γίνεται.
RP2018
Καὶ ὅταν νότον πνέοντα, λέγετε ὅτι Καύσων ἔσται· καὶ γίνεται.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ ὅταν νότον πνέοντα, λέγετε ὅτι Καύσων ἔσται· καὶ γίνεται.
SCR1894
και οταν νοτον πνεοντα λεγετε οτι καυσων εσται και γινεται

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 20:12‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’
  • Job 37:17You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,

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