Matthew 16:2 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

But He answered them, {The rest of this verse and the next verse are omitted in most ancient manuscripts:} “When the sky is reddish in the evening, you predict fair weather [for the next day].

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He replied to them, When it is evening you say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

But he replied, “At evening you say, ‘It will be nice weather because the sky is bright red.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

But he responded by saying to them: "When evening arrives, you say, 'It will be calm, for the sky is red,'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Matthew 16:2 Cross References

Matthew 16:3

And when the sky is reddish and overcast in the morning, you predict [that it will be] bad weather that day. You know how to interpret [weather] conditions from the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times [i.e., what will happen in the spiritual realm]”.