English Standard Version
Matthew 16:3
3And in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.
Matthew 16:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
- New International Version (NIV)and 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 you cannot interpret the signs of the times.
- New King James Version (NKJV)and in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times.
- New Living Translation (NLT)red sky in the morning means foul weather all day.’ You know how to interpret the weather signs in the sky, but you don’t know how to interpret the signs of the times!
Context of Matthew 16:3
1And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. 2He answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.' And in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. 4An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." So he left them and departed. 5When the disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to bring any bread.
Read all of Matthew 16Matthew 16:3 word by word
καὶ πρωΐ· σήμερον χειμών, πυρράζει γὰρ στυγνάζων ὁ οὐρανός. τὸ μὲν πρόσωπον τοῦ οὐρανοῦ γινώσκετε διακρίνειν, τὰ δὲ σημεῖα τῶν καιρῶν οὐ δύνασθε;Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- ·μένmen · on the other handG3303
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- in the morningπρωΐprōi · earlyG4404
- foul weatherχειμώνcheimōn · winterG5494
- to dayσήμερονsēmeron · todayG4594
- forγάρgar · forG1063
- the skyοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
- is redπυρράζωpurrhazō · be (fiery) redG4449
- and lowringστυγνάζωstugnazō · be gloomyG4768
- hypocritesὑποκριτήςhupokritēs · hypocriteG5273
- ye canγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
- discernδιακρίνωdiakrinō · to judge/doubtG1252
- the faceπρόσωπονprosōpon · faceG4383
- butδέde · thenG1161
- can yeδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
- notοὐou · noG3756
- the signsσημεῖονsēmeion · signG4592
- of the timesκαιρόςkairos · time/right timeG2540
Cross-references for Matthew 16:3
- Matthew 7:5You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
- Matthew 15:7You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:
- Matthew 22:18But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, "Why put me to the test, you hypocrites?
- Matthew 23:13"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.
- Luke 11:44Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without knowing it."
- Luke 13:15Then the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away to water it?
- Matthew 4:23And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people.
- Matthew 11:5the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
- 1 Chronicles 12:32Of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, 200 chiefs, and all their kinsmen under their command.
Commentaries on Matthew 16:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The sky is red and lowering - The signs of fair and foul weather were observed in a similar manner among the Romans, and indeed among most other people. Many treatises have been written on the subject: thus a poet: - Caeruleus pluviam denunciant, Igneus euros Sin Maculae incipient Rutilo immiscerier Igni, Omnia tunc pariter Vento Nimbisque videbis Fervere Virg. Geor. i. l. 453 "If fiery red his glowing globe descends, High winds and furious tempests he…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-4Verses 1-4 See also Mark 8:11-12. The Pharisees also, and the Sadducees - See the notes at Matthew 3:7. Tempting - That is, trying him - feigning a desire to see evidence that he was the Messiah, but with a real desire to see him make the attempt to work a miracle and fail, so that they might betray him and ruin him. A sign from heaven - Some miraculous appearance in the sky. Such appearances had been given by the prophets; and they supposed, if he was…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The signs of the times were Jesus himself and the miracles he performed (see Matthew 16:4; 11:2–6; 12:28).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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