Luke 12:55
Modern Translations
New International Version
And when the south wind blows, you say, 'It's going to be hot,' and it is.

New Living Translation
When the south wind blows, you say, ‘Today will be a scorcher.’ And it is.

English Standard Version
And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat,’ and it happens.

Berean Study Bible
And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is.

New American Standard Bible
And whenever you feel a south wind blowing, you say, ‘It will be a hot day,’ and it turns out that way.

NASB 1995
"And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, 'It will be a hot day,' and it turns out that way.

NASB 1977
“And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, ‘It will be a hot day,’ and it turns out that way.

Amplified Bible
And when [you see that] a south wind is blowing, you say, ‘It will be a hot day,’ and it happens.

Christian Standard Bible
And when the south wind is blowing, you say, ‘It’s going to be hot,’ and it is.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And when the south wind is blowing, you say, It's going to be a scorcher!' and it is.

Contemporary English Version
When the south wind blows, you say, "It's going to get hot," and it does.

Good News Translation
And when you feel the south wind blowing, you say that it is going to get hot--and it does.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When you see a south wind blowing, you say, 'It's going to be hot,' and that's what happens.

International Standard Version
When you see a south wind blowing, you say, 'It's going to be hot,' and so it is.

NET Bible
And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be scorching heat,' and there is.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.

New King James Version
And when you see the south wind blow, you say, ‘There will be hot weather’; and there is.

King James 2000 Bible
And when you see the south wind blow, you say, There will be heat; and it comes to pass.

New Heart English Bible
When a south wind blows, you say, 'There will be a scorching heat,' and it happens.

World English Bible
When a south wind blows, you say, 'There will be a scorching heat,' and it happens.

American King James Version
And when you see the south wind blow, you say, There will be heat; and it comes to pass.

American Standard Version
And when ye see a south wind blowing, ye say, There will be a scorching heat; and it cometh to pass.

A Faithful Version
And when a south wind is blowing, you say, 'It will be hot. ' And it happens.

Darby Bible Translation
And when [ye see] the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it happens.

English Revised Version
And when ye see a south wind blowing, ye say, There will be a scorching heat; and it cometh to pass.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when ye perceive the south wind blowing, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And when ye see the South winde blowe, ye say, that it wilbe hoate: & it commeth to passe.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And whe ye see the south wynd blow, ye say it wyll be hotte, and it commeth to passe.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
and whan ye se the southwynde blowe, ye saye: It wil be hote, and it commeth so to passe.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And when ye se the south wynde blow ye saye: we shall have heet and it cometh to passe.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and when a south wind is blowing, you say that there will be heat, and it is;

Berean Literal Bible
And when a south wind is blowing, you say, 'There will be heat,' and it happens.

Young's Literal Translation
and when -- a south wind blowing, ye say, that there will be heat, and it is;

Smith's Literal Translation
And when the south wind blowing, ye say, That there will be heat; and it is.

Literal Emphasis Translation
And when a south wind is blowing, you say, there will be heat; and it happens.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when ye see the south wind blow, you say: There will be heat: and it cometh to pass.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And when a south wind is blowing, you say, ‘It will be hot.’ And so it is.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“And when a south wind blows, you say, 'It will be hot', and it is.”

Lamsa Bible
And when the wind blows from the south, you say, It will be hot; and it is so.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And when the south wind blows, you say, There will be heat: and it comes to pass.

Godbey New Testament
and when the south wind is blowing, you say, that it will be hot; and it is so.

Haweis New Testament
And when the south wind gently blows, ye say, It will be sultry hot; and so it is.

Mace New Testament
and when the south wind blows, you say, there will be heat; and so it happens.

Weymouth New Testament
And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, 'It will be burning hot;' and it comes to pass.

Worrell New Testament
And, when ye see a south wind blowing, ye say, 'There will be scorching heat!' and it comes to pass.

Worsley New Testament
and when ye observe the south-wind blowing, ye say there will be heat, and it cometh to pass.
















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