King James Version

Matthew 16:2

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

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ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἀποκριθεὶςapokritheisHe answeredἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “He answered”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.He answeredεἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).and saidαὐτοῖςautoisunto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.unto themὈψίαςopsiaseveningὀψία (opsia)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “evening”, the of-formG3798late, evening.eveningγενομένηςgenomenēsto beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle participle, genitive, singular, feminine — “to be”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.λέγετεlegeteye sayλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “ye say”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.ye sayΕὐδίαeudiaIt will be fair weatherεὐδίαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “It will be fair weather”, the subject formG2105fair weather, good weather.It will be fair weatherπυρράζειpurrazeiis redπυρράζω (purrazō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is red”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4449I am red, fire-colored.is redγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.οὐρανόςouranosheavenοὐρανόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “heaven”, the subject formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and he answering said to them, 'Evening having come, ye say, Fair weather, for the heaven is red,

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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.

Young’s Literal Translation

and he answering said to them, 'Evening having come, ye say, Fair weather, for the heaven is red,

World English Bible

But he answered them, “ When it is evening , you say , ‘ It will be fair weather , for the sky is red .’

Darby Translation

But he answering said to them, When evening is come, ye say, Fine weather, for the sky is red;

Douay-Rheims

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

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