King James Version

Matthew 16:3

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?

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “hypocrites” (ὑποκριταί) before The here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andπρωΐprōiin the morningπρωΐadverb — “in the morning”G4404early in the morning, at dawn.in the morningΣήμερονsēmeronto dayσήμερονadverb — “to day”G4594today, now.to dayχειμώνcheimōnwinterχειμώνnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “winter”, the subject formG5494a storm, tempest; winter, the rainy season.πυρράζειpurrazeiis redπυρράζω (purrazō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is red”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4449I am red, fire-colored.is redγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.στυγνάζωνstugnazōnand lowringστυγνάζω (stugnazō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “and lowring”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4768I am gloomy, have a somber countenance, am shocked.and lowringὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.οὐρανόςouranosof the skyοὐρανόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “of the sky”, the subject formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.This verse uses “the sky”.of the skyτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μὲνmenon one handμένconjunction — “on one hand”G3303an untranslatable particle, generally answered by "de", each of the two introducing a clause intended to be contrasted with the other.πρόσωπονprosōponfaceπρόσωπονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “face”, the object formG4383the face, countenance, surface.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.οὐρανοῦouranouheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “heaven”, the of-formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.γινώσκετεginōsketeto knowγινώσκω (ginōskō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to know”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1097I am taking in knowledge, come to know, learn; aor: I ascertained, realized.διακρίνεινdiakrineinto judgeδιακρίνω (diakrinō)verb, present active infinitive — “to judge”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1252I separate, distinguish, discern one thing from another; I doubt, hesitate, waver.τὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object 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”.butσημεῖαsēmeiadiscern the signsσημεῖον (sēmeion)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “discern the signs”, the object formG4592a sign, miracle, indication, mark, token.discern the signsτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.καιρῶνkairōnof the timesκαιρός (kairos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “of the times”, the of-formG2540fitting season, season, opportunity, occasion, time.of the timesοὐounoοὐadverb — “no”G3756no, not.δύνασθεdunasthebe ableδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle indicative, 2nd person plural — “be able”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ὑποκριταίhupokritaiO ye hypocritesὑποκριτής (hupokritēs)noun, vocative, plural, masculine — “O ye hypocrites”, the calling formG5273(lit: a stage-player), a hypocrite, dissembler, pretender.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and at morning, Foul weather to-day, for the heaven is red — gloomy; hypocrites, the face of the heavens indeed ye do know to discern, but the signs of the times ye are not able!

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American Standard Version (1901)

And in the morning, It will be foul weather to-day: for the heaven is red and lowering. Ye know how to discern the face of the heaven; but ye cannot discern the signs of the times.

Young’s Literal Translation

and at morning, Foul weather to-day, for the heaven is red — gloomy; hypocrites, the face of the heavens indeed ye do know to discern, but the signs of the times ye are not able!

World English Bible

In the morning , ‘ It will be foul weather today , for the sky is red and threatening .’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky , but you can ’ t discern the signs of the times !

Darby Translation

and in the morning, A storm to-day, for the sky is red [and] lowering; ye know [how] to discern the face of the sky, but ye cannot the signs of the times.

Douay-Rheims

And in the morning: Today there will be a storm, for the sky is red and lowering. You know then how to discern the face of the sky: and can you not know the signs of the times?

American Standard Version (1901)

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