Luke 12:57

New American Standard Bible (1995)

"And why do you not even on your own initiative judge what is right?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

King James Version (1611)
Yea, and why euen of your selues iudge ye not what is right?

King James Version
Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?

English Standard Version
"And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?

New American Standard Bible
"And why do you not even judge by yourselves what is right?

New Century Version
"Why can't you decide for yourselves what is right?

Amplified Bible
"And why do you not even on your own initiative judge what is right?

Legacy Standard Bible
"And why do you not even judge for yourselves what is right?

Berean Standard Bible
And why don't you judge for yourselves what is right?

Contemporary English Version
Why don't you understand the right thing to do?

Complete Jewish Bible
Why don't you decide for yourselves what is the right course to follow?

Darby Translation
And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?

Easy-to-Read Version
"Why can't you decide for yourselves what is right?

Geneva Bible (1587)
Yea, and why iudge ye not of your selues what is right?

George Lamsa Translation
Why do you not of yourselves judge what is right?

Good News Translation
"Why do you not judge for yourselves the right thing to do?

Lexham English Bible
And why do you not also judge for yourselves what is right?

Literal Translation
And why do you not judge what is right even of yourselves?

American Standard Version
And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?

Bible in Basic English
And why are you, in your hearts, unable to be judges of what is right?

Hebrew Names Version
Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right?

International Standard Version
"Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right?

Etheridge Translation
But why of yourselves judge you not the truth ?

Murdock Translation
And why do ye not, of yourselves, judge correctly?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Yea, and why iudge ye not of your selues what is ryght?

English Revised Version
And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?

World English Bible
Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right?

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?

Weymouth's New Testament
"Why, too, do you not of yourselves arrive at just conclusions?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But what and of you silf ye demen not that that is iust?

Update Bible Version
And why even of yourselves don't you judge what is right?

Webster's Bible Translation
And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?

New English Translation
"And why don't you judge for yourselves what is right?

New King James Version
"Yes, and why, even of yourselves, do you not judge what is right?

New Living Translation
"Why can't you decide for yourselves what is right?

New Life Bible
Why do you not know for yourselves what is right?

New Revised Standard
"And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Why, moreover, even from yourselves, judge ye not what is just?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And why, even of yourselves, do you not judge that which is just?

Revised Standard Version
"And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Ye and why iudge ye not of youre selves what is righte?

Young's Literal Translation
`And why, also, of yourselves, judge ye not what is righteous?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yee and why iugde ye not of youre selues, what is right?

Mace New Testament (1729)
why can't you judge what is proper to be done in your own affairs.

THE MESSAGE
"You don't have to be a genius to understand these things. Just use your common sense, the kind you'd use if, while being taken to court, you decided to settle up with your accuser on the way, knowing that if the case went to the judge you'd probably go to jail and pay every last penny of the fine. That's the kind of decision I'm asking you to make."

Simplified Cowboy Version
Why can't you see what is right in front of you?

Contextual Overview

⁵⁴ 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. ⁵⁵ "And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, 'It will be a hot day,' and it turns out that way. ⁵⁶ "You hypocrites! You know how to analyze the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why do you not analyze this present time? ⁵⁷ "And why do you not even on your own initiative judge what is right?⁵⁸ "For while you are going with your opponent to appear before the magistrate, on your way there make an effort to settle with him, so that he may not drag you before the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison. ⁵⁹ "I say to you, you will not get out of there until you have paid the very last cent."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 32:29, Matthew 15:10-14, Matthew 21:21, Matthew 21:32, Acts 2:40, Acts 13:26-38, 1 Corinthians 11:14

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 12:32 - understanding of the times Ecclesiastes 8:5 - a wise Matthew 23:1 - General John 1:46 - Come Romans 14:13 - but 1 Corinthians 11:13 - General 1 Thessalonians 5:21 - Prove 1 John 4:1 - try

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Yea, and why even of yourselves,.... From their own observation, as in discerning the signs of the weather; in a rational way, by the light of reason, and according to the dictates of their own consciences; by what they themselves saw and heard; by the signs and wonders which were done, they might have concluded, that now was the time of the Messiah's coming; and that he was come, and that Jesus of Nazareth was he: this was as easy, by observation, to be discerned, as the face of the sky was; even of themselves, without any hints or directions from others:

judge ye not what is right? or "truth", as the Syriac and Persic versions render it; concerning the present time, the coming of the Messiah, and the accomplishment of the promises and prophecies of the Old Testament in him: or why do ye not of yourselves judge, what is fit and right to be done between man and man, without going to law? and that, in cases which are plain and clear, the consequences of which may be as easily discerned, as what weather it will be by the signs in the heavens; to which sense the following words incline.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 16:2-3.

South wind - To the south and southwest of Judea were situated Arabia, Egypt, and Ethiopia, all warm or hot regions, and consequently the air that came from those quarters was greatly heated.

How is it that ye do not discern this time! - You see a cloud rise, and predict a shower; a south wind, and expect heat. These are regular events. So you see my miracles; you hear my preaching; you have the predictions of me in the prophets; why do you not, in like manner, infer that “this is the time” when the Messiah should appear?

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 12:57. And why - judge ye — Even without the express declarations of the prophets, ye might, from what ye see and hear yourselves, discern that God has now visited his people in such a manner as he never did before.