Luke 12:56

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

You hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that you do not discern this time?

American King James Version (AKJV)

You hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that you do not discern this time?

American Standard Version (ASV)

Ye hypocrites, ye know how to interpret the face of the earth and the heaven; but how is it that ye know not how to interpret this time?

Basic English Translation (BBE)

O false ones! the face of the earth and the heaven is clear to you; how is it that the signs of these times are not as clear to you?

Webster's Revision

Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky, and of the earth; but how is it, that ye do not discern this time?

World English Bible

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don't interpret this time?

English Revised Version (ERV)

Ye hypocrites, ye know how to interpret the face of the earth and the heaven; but how is it that ye know not how to interpret this time?

Definitions for Luke 12:56

Discern - To examine, prove or test; scrutinize.

Clarke's Luke 12:56 Bible Commentary

This time? - Can ye not discover from the writings of the prophets, and from the events which now take place, that this is the time of the Messiah, and that I am the very person foretold by them?

Wesley's Luke 12:56 Bible Commentary

12:56 How do ye not discern this season - Of the Messiah's coming, distinguishable by so many surer signs.