Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version About five in the afternoon he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ New Living Translation “At five o’clock that afternoon he was in town again and saw some more people standing around. He asked them, ‘Why haven’t you been working today?’ English Standard Version And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing. And he said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’ Berean Standard Bible About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked. Berean Literal Bible And about the eleventh having gone out, he found others standing, and says to them, 'Why do you stand here all the day idle?' King James Bible 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? New King James Version 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?’ New American Standard Bible And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing around; and he said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day long?’ NASB 1995 “And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing around; and he said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day long?’ NASB 1977 “And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing; and he said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day long?’ Legacy Standard Bible And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing around; and he said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day long?’ Amplified Bible And about the eleventh hour (5:00 p.m.) he went out and found others standing around, and he said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day?’ Christian Standard Bible Then about five he went and found others standing around and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing? ’ Holman Christian Standard Bible Then about five he went and found others standing around, and said to them, Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing?’ 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? Aramaic Bible in Plain English And towards the 11th hour he went out and he found others who were standing and were idle, and he said to them, 'Why are you standing and are idle all day?' Contemporary English Version Finally, about five in the afternoon the man went back and found some others standing there. He asked them, "Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?" Douay-Rheims Bible But about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing, and he saith to them: Why stand you here all the day idle? English Revised 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? GOD'S WORD® Translation About 5 p.m. he went out and found some others standing around. He said to them, 'Why are you standing here all day long without work?' Good News Translation It was nearly five o'clock when he went to the marketplace and saw some other men still standing there. 'Why are you wasting the whole day here doing nothing?' he asked them. 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?' Literal Standard Version And about the eleventh hour, having gone forth, he found others standing idle and says to them, Why have you stood here idle all day? Majority Standard Bible About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing idle. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked. New American Bible Going out about five o’clock, he found others standing around, and said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’ 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 Revised Standard Version And about five o’clock he went out and found others standing around; and he said to them, ‘Why are you standing here idle all day?’ New Heart English Bible About five that afternoon he went out, and found others standing. He said to them, 'Why do you stand here all day idle?' Webster's Bible Translation 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?' 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?’ Young's 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? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Parable of the Workers…5So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing. 6 About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked. 7‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. So he told them, ‘You also go into my vineyard.’… Cross References Matthew 20:5 So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing. Matthew 20:7 Because no one has hired us,' they answered. So he told them, 'You also go into my vineyard.' Treasury of Scripture And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and said to them, Why stand you here all the day idle? the eleventh. Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. Luke 23:40-43 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? … John 9:4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. Why. Proverbs 19:15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. Ezekiel 16:49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. Acts 17:21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.) Jump to Previous Eleventh Five Forth Found Hour Idle Loitering O'clock Others Stand Standing StoodJump to Next Eleventh Five Forth Found Hour Idle Loitering O'clock Others Stand Standing StoodMatthew 20 1. Jesus, by the parable of the laborers in the vineyard, shows that God is debtor unto no man;17. foretells his passion; 20. by answering the mother of Zebedee's children, teaches his disciples to be humble; 29. and gives two blind men their sight. (6) About the eleventh hour.--The working day, which did not commonly extend beyond twelve hours (John 11:9), was all but over, and yet there was still work to be done in the vineyard, all the more urgent because of the lateness of the hour. The labourers who had been first hired were not enough. Is there not an implied suggestion that they were not labouring as zealously as they might have done? They were working on their contract for the day's wages. Those who were called last of all had the joy of feeling that their day was not lost; and that joy and their faith in the justice of their employer gave a fresh energy to their toil.Verse 6. - The eleventh hour; the hour before sunset, say about 5 p.m., leaving only one hour for work, when it would be most unusual to engage labourers. Idle. The word is omitted in some manuscripts. There is some reproach in the master's question. Where were they earlier in the day, when he was hiring labourers for his vineyard? Why were they not in the marketplace, like their comrades, looking out for employment? Such questions, like many, others in the parable, are left unanswered. We see from the universal use of the term, "the eleventh hour," to express the close of the day of grace, how widely has prevailed the interpretation of the parable which applies it to the various stages of the life of the individual. (See on this below.) Parallel Commentaries ... Greek AboutΠερὶ (Peri) Preposition Strong's 4012: From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. eleventh [hour] ἑνδεκάτην (hendekatēn) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 1734: Eleventh. Ordinal from hendeka; eleventh. he went out ἐξελθὼν (exelthōn) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 1831: To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue. [and] found εὗρεν (heuren) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find. still others ἄλλους (allous) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 243: Other, another (of more than two), different. A primary word; 'else, ' i.e. Different. standing [around]. ἑστῶτας (hestōtas) Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 2476: A prolonged form of a primary stao stah'-o; to stand, used in various applications. ‘Why Τί (Ti) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what. have you been standing ἑστήκατε (hestēkate) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 2476: A prolonged form of a primary stao stah'-o; to stand, used in various applications. here ὧδε (hōde) Adverb Strong's 5602: From an adverb form of hode; in this same spot, i.e. Here or hither. all ὅλην (holēn) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3650: All, the whole, entire, complete. A primary word; 'whole' or 'all', i.e. Complete, especially as noun or adverb. day [long] ἡμέραν (hēmeran) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. doing nothing?’ ἀργοί (argoi) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 692: Idle, lazy, thoughtless, unprofitable, injurious. (by implication) lazy, useless. he asked. λέγει (legei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. Links Matthew 20:6 NIVMatthew 20:6 NLT Matthew 20:6 ESV Matthew 20:6 NASB Matthew 20:6 KJV Matthew 20:6 BibleApps.com Matthew 20:6 Biblia Paralela Matthew 20:6 Chinese Bible Matthew 20:6 French Bible Matthew 20:6 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: Matthew 20:6 About the eleventh hour he went out (Matt. Mat Mt) |
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