Luke 12:54

Modern

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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And He was also saying to the crowds, “When you see the cloud rising up in the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it happens.

Latin

Dicebat autem et ad turbas: Cum videritis nubem orientem ab occasu, statim dicitis: Nimbus venit: et ita fit.

Greek

English

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.

Clouds beginning to form in the west brought rain from the Mediterranean Sea.

Matthew 16:2–4
But He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘The weather will be fair, for the sky is red,’
1 Kings 18:44–45
On the seventh time the servant reported, “There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea.” And Elijah replied, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”