Luke 12:54
Modern Translations
New International Version
He said to the crowd: "When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, 'It's going to rain,' and it does.

New Living Translation
Then Jesus turned to the crowd and said, “When you see clouds beginning to form in the west, you say, ‘Here comes a shower.’ And you are right.

English Standard Version
He also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, ‘A shower is coming.’ And so it happens.

Berean Study Bible
Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens.

New American Standard Bible
And He was also saying to the crowds, “Whenever you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it turns out.

NASB 1995
And He was also saying to the crowds, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it turns out.

NASB 1977
And He was also saying to the multitudes, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it turns out.

Amplified Bible
He also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, ‘It is going to rain,’ and that is how it turns out.

Christian Standard Bible
He also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, right away you say, ‘A storm is coming,’ and so it does.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He also said to the crowds: "When you see a cloud rising in the west, right away you say, A storm is coming,' and so it does.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus said to all the people: As soon as you see a cloud coming up in the west, you say, "It's going to rain," and it does.

Good News Translation
Jesus said also to the people, "When you see a cloud coming up in the west, at once you say that it is going to rain--and it does.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus said to the crowds, "When you see a cloud coming up in the west, you immediately say, 'There's going to be a rainstorm,' and it happens.

International Standard Version
Then Jesus told the crowds, "When you see a cloud coming in from the west, you immediately say, 'There's going to be a storm,' and that's what happens.

NET Bible
Jesus also said to the crowds, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, 'A rainstorm is coming,' and it does.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.

New King James Version
Then He also said to the multitudes, “Whenever you see a cloud rising out of the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming’; and so it is.

King James 2000 Bible
And he said also to the people, When you see a cloud rise out of the west, immediately you say, There comes a shower; and so it is.

New Heart English Bible
He said to the crowds also, "When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it happens.

World English Bible
He said to the multitudes also, "When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it happens.

American King James Version
And he said also to the people, When you see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway you say, There comes a shower; and so it is.

American Standard Version
And he said to the multitudes also, When ye see a cloud rising in the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it cometh to pass.

A Faithful Version
Then He also said to the multitudes, "When you see a cloud rising up from the west, immediately you say, 'A rainstorm is coming. ' And so it happens.

Darby Bible Translation
And he said also to the crowds, When ye see a cloud rising out of the west, straightway ye say, A shower is coming; and so it happens.

English Revised Version
And he said to the multitudes also, When ye see a cloud rising in the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it cometh to pass.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rising in the west, immediately ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Then said he to the people, When ye see a cloude rise out of the West, straightway ye say, A shower commeth: and so it is.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
He sayde also to the people: When ye see a cloude rise out of the west, straightway ye say there cometh a showre, and so it is.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And he sayde vnto the people: Whan ye se a cloude ryse out of ye west, straight waye ye saye: there cometh a shower, and so it is:

Tyndale Bible of 1526
Then sayde he to the people: when ye se a cloude ryse o ut of the west strayght waye ye saye: we shall have a shower and soo it is.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And He also said to the multitudes, “When you may see the cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, A shower comes, and it is so;

Berean Literal Bible
And also He was saying to the crowds, "When you see a cloud rising up from the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it happens.

Young's Literal Translation
And he said also to the multitudes, 'When ye may see the cloud rising from the west, immediately ye say, A shower doth come, and it is so;

Smith's Literal Translation
And he said to the crowds, When ye see a cloud rising from the descents, ye say quickly, A heavy shower of rain is coming; and it is so.

Literal Emphasis Translation
And He said also to the crowds, When you see a cloud rising up upon the west, you directly say, A rain is coming; and it happens so.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said also to the multitudes: When you see a cloud rising from the west, presently you say: A shower is coming: and so it happeneth:

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he also said to the crowds: “When you see a cloud rising from the setting of the sun, immediately you say, ‘A rain cloud is coming.’ And so it does.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He said to the crowds, “Whenever you see a cloud that rises from the West, and at once you say, 'Rain is coming', it is so.”

Lamsa Bible
And he said to the people, When you see a cloud rise from the west, you immediately say, It will rain; and it is so.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And he said also to the multitudes: When you see the cloud rising from the west, you immediately say, There comes a shower: and so it is.

Godbey New Testament
And he also spoke to the multitudes, When you may see a cloud rising from the west, you immediately say, that the rain cometh; and it is so:

Haweis New Testament
Then said he to the multitudes, When ye see a cloud rising from the west, ye say immediately, There cometh a shower; and it is so.

Mace New Testament
Then he said to the people, when you see a cloud rise out of the west, you say, it is just going to rain; and so it happens.

Weymouth New Testament
Then He said to the people also, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, 'There is to be a shower;' and it comes to pass.

Worrell New Testament
And He said to the multitudes also, "When ye see a cloud rising in the west, straightway ye say 'A shower is coming!' and so it happens.

Worsley New Testament
He said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rising from the west, ye presently say, there is a shower coming, and so it proves:
















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