Interpreting the Present Time

Luke 12:56

In 9 translations

BSB: You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why don’t you know how to interpret the present time?
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?
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?
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?
LSV: hypocrites! You have known to discern the face of the earth and of the sky, but how do you not discern 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]?
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?
DRC: You 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?
GNV: Hypocrites, ye can discerne the face of the earth, and of the skie: but why discerne ye not this time?

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Where the editions differ

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NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read δοκιμάζειν (“to discern”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read δοκιμάζετε (“do discern”).

Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)

Word order: SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place καιρὸν elsewhere in this verse.
Spelling of οὐκ: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text: οὐ.
In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include οἴδατε (“do you know”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.

SBLGNT apparatus (2)

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SBLGNT: δὲ καιρὸν. Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read δὲ καιρὸν; Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read καιρὸν δὲ.
SBLGNT: οὐκ οἴδατε δοκιμάζειν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read οὐκ οἴδατε δοκιμάζειν; Robinson–Pierpont read οὐ δοκιμάζετε.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: ὑποκριταί, τὸ πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς καὶ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ οἴδατε δοκιμάζειν, τὸν δὲ καιρὸν τοῦτον πῶς οὐκ οἴδατε δοκιμάζειν;
RP2018: Ὑποκριταί, τὸ πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς καὶ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ οἴδατε δοκιμάζειν· τὸν δὲ καιρὸν τοῦτον πῶς οὐ δοκιμάζετε;
TR-Boyd: Ὑποκριταί, τὸ πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς καὶ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ οἴδατε δοκιμάζειν· τὸν δὲ καιρὸν τοῦτον πῶς οὐ δοκιμάζετε;τῆς γῆς καὶ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ¦ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῆς γῆς SCR
SCR1894: υποκριται το προσωπον του ουρανου και της γης οιδατε δοκιμαζειν τον δε καιρον τουτον πως ου δοκιμαζετε

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Closet Sky Martha Hypocrisy; Hyprocrite Parables Luke, the Gospel of Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena Hypocrisy Mark, the Gospel According to Jesus, the Christ

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Cross-references most cited first

Matthew 16:3and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but not the signs of the times.
Matthew 24:32–33Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near. So also, when you see all these things, you will know that He is near, right at the door.
Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
Luke 19:42–44and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on…
1 Chronicles 12:32From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.
Daniel 9:24–26Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and…
Malachi 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
Galatians 4:4But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Haggai 2:7I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.
Malachi 3:1“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD…
Acts 3:24–26Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days. And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your…

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