Parallel Verses
Twentieth Century New Testament
When he went out about five, he found some other men standing there, and said to them 'Why have you been standing here all day long, doing nothing?'
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
About five o'clock he went out and found some others standing around. He asked them, "Why are you standing here all day long without work?'
A Conservative Version
And having gone out about the eleventh hour, he found others who have stood idle. And he says to them, Why have ye stood here idle the whole day?
American Standard Version
And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing; and he saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
Amplified
An Understandable Version
[Finally] he went out [once more] at about five o'clock in the afternoon and found [still] other men standing around. He said, 'Why have you been standing around all day and not working?'
Anderson New Testament
And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and said to them, Why do you stand here all the day idle?
Bible in Basic English
And about the eleventh hour he went out and saw others doing nothing; and he says to them, Why are you here all the day doing nothing?
Common New Testament
And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, 'Why have you been standing here idle all day?'
Daniel Mace New Testament
at last, about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and said to them, why do you stand idling thus all day long?
Darby Translation
But about the eleventh hour, having gone out, he found others standing, and says to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
Godbey New Testament
And about the eleventh hour having gone out, he found others standing; and says to them, Why stand ye here idle all the day?
Goodspeed New Testament
About five he went out and found others standing about and he said to them, 'Why have you been standing about here all day doing nothing?'
John Wesley New Testament
And going out about the eleventh hour, he found others standing idle and saith to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
Julia Smith Translation
And about the eleventh hour, having gone out, he found others standing idle, and he says to them, Why stand ye here idle the whole day?
King James 2000
And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and said unto them, Why stand you here all the day idle?
Lexham Expanded Bible
And about the eleventh [hour] he went out [and] found others standing [there] and said to them, 'Why are you standing here the whole day unemployed?'
Modern King James verseion
And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, Why do you stand here all day idle?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he went out about the eleventh hour and found others standing idle, and said unto them, 'Why stand ye here all the day idle?'
Moffatt New Testament
And when he went out at five o'clock he came upon some others who were standing; he said to them, 'Why have you stood doing nothing all the day?'
Montgomery New Testament
"When he went out about five o'clock, he found others standing around, and said to them, "'Why have you been standing here idle, all the day long?'
NET Bible
And about five o'clock that afternoon he went out and found others standing around, and said to them, 'Why are you standing here all day without work?'
New Heart English Bible
About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing. He said to them, 'Why do you stand here all day idle?'
Noyes New Testament
And going out about the eleventh hour, he found others standing, and saith to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
Sawyer New Testament
And going out about the eleventh hour he found others standing, and said to them, Why stand you all the day idle?
The Emphasized Bible
And, about the eleventh, going forth, he found others, standing, and saith unto them - Why, here, stand ye, all the day, unemployed?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But about the eleventh hour, going out, he found others standing unemployed, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
Webster
And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
Weymouth New Testament
And going out about five o'clock he found others loitering, and he asked them, "'Why have you been standing here all day long, doing nothing?'
Williams New Testament
About five he went out again and found still others standing around, and he said to them, 'Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing?'
World English Bible
About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, 'Why do you stand here all day idle?'
Worrell New Testament
And about the eleventh hour, going forth, he found others standing, and he says to them, 'Why stand ye here all the day idle?'
Worsley New Testament
And going out about the eleventh hour, he found others standing without work, and saith to them, Why stand ye here all the day doing nothing?
Youngs Literal Translation
And about the eleventh hour, having gone forth, he found others standing idle, and saith to them, Why here have ye stood all the day idle?
Themes
Contracts » Scriptures illustrative of the binding force of
Days » Latterly subdivided into twelve hours
Employee » Character of unrighteous
Gospel » Compared to » A householder
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The laborers in the vineyard
Jesus Christ » History of » Enunciates the parable of the vineyard (in peraea)
Kingdom of God » What the kingdom of God is likened to
Kingdom of heaven » Compared » To a householder
Parables » Parables of Christ » Laborers hired
Servant » Hired » Parable of » The laborers of a vineyard
Wicked people » Gospel invitation to, illustrated by the parables of » The householder
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 20:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Workers In The Vineyard
5 So the men went. Going out again about mid-day and about three o'clock, he did as before. 6 When he went out about five, he found some other men standing there, and said to them 'Why have you been standing here all day long, doing nothing?' 7 'Because no one has hired us,' they answered. 'You also may go into my vineyard,' he said.
Cross References
Luke 23:40-43
But the other rebuked him. "Have not you," he said, "any fear of God, now that you are under the same sentence?
John 9:4
We must do the work of him who sent me, while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
Acts 17:21
(All Athenians and the foreigners staying in the city found no time for anything else but telling, or listening to, the last new thing.)
Hebrews 6:12
Then you will not show yourselves slow to learn, but you will copy those who, through faith and patience, are now entering upon the enjoyment of God's promises.