1 Kings 18:44-45

18:44 The seventh time the servant ¹  said, “Look, a small cloud, the size of the palm of a man’s hand, is rising up from the sea.” Elijah ²  then said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up the chariots and go down, so that the rain won’t overtake you.’” ³  18:45 Meanwhile the sky was covered with dark clouds, the wind blew, and there was a heavy rainstorm. Ahab rode toward ⁴  Jezreel.

Matthew 16:2-4

16:2 He ⁵  said, “When evening comes you say, ‘It will be fair weather, because the sky is red,’ 16:3 and in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, because the sky is red and darkening.’ ⁶  You know how to judge correctly the appearance of the sky, ⁷  but you cannot evaluate the signs of the times. 16:4 A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” Then ⁸  he left them and went away.

¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the servant) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “so that the rain won’t restrain you.”

⁴ tn Heb “rode and went to.”

⁵ tn Grk “But answering, he said to them.” The construction has been simplified in the translation and δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁶ tn Or “red and gloomy” (L&N 14.56).

⁷ tn Grk “The face of the sky you know how to discern.”

⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.