And in the morning, 'Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.
NIV
And in the morning, It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and has a gloomy and threatening look. You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.
AMP
And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
KJV
Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
NIV
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop [on the flat oriental roof, exposed to all kinds of weather] than in a house shared with a nagging, quarrelsome, and faultfinding woman.
AMP
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
KJV
Out of the north he comes in golden splendor; God comes in awesome majesty.
NIV
Golden brightness and splendor come out of the north; [if men can scarcely look upon it, how much less upon the] terrible splendor and majesty God has upon Himself!
AMP
Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.
KJV
So that everyone he has made may know his work, he stops all mortals from their labor.
NIV
God seals up (stops, brings to a standstill by severe weather) the hand of every man [and now under His seal their hands are forced to inactivity], that all men whom He has made may know His doings (His sovereign power and their subjection to it).
AMP
He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
KJV
