In the East it is not customary to talk of the weather as in the
West. There seems to be no word in the Hebrew corresponding to
"weather." In Job 37:22 the King James Version translates "Fair
weather comes out of the north," but the Revised Version
(British and American) translates more literally, "Out of the
north cometh golden splendor." "As one that taketh off a garment
in cold weather (or literally, "on a cold day"), .... so is he
that singeth songs to a heavy heart" (Proverbs 25:20). Jesus
rebukes the Pharisees for their lack of spiritual foresight when
they took such interest in natural foresight. He said, "When it
is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the heaven is
red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to-day: for the
heaven is red and lowering" (Matthew 16:2,3). The general
conditions of the weather in the different seasons are less
variable in Palestine than in colder countries, but the precise
weather for a given day is very hard to predict on account of
the proximity of the mo