KJV 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?
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Matthew 20:6
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?
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BSB 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.
WEB 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?’
ASV 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?
YLT 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?
Surrounding context — Matthew 20
3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
6 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?
7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, [that] shall ye receive.
8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them [their] hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
9 And when they came that [were hired] about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
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περὶG4012 · periaboutδὲG1161 · dethenτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἑνδεκάτηνG1734 · hendekatoseleventhἐξελθὼνG1831 · exerchomaito go outεὗρενG2147 · ehuriskōto find/meetἄλλουςG243 · allosanotherἑστῶταςG2476 · histēmito standκαὶG2532 · kaiandλέγειG3004 · legōto sayαὐτοῖς·G846 · autosit/s/heτίG5101 · tiswhich?ὧδεG5602 · hōdehereἑστήκατεG2476 · histēmito standὅληνG3650 · holosallτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἡμέρανG2250 · hēmeradayἀργοί;G692 · argosidle
Cross-references
John 9:4I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.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.)Hebrews 6:12That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.Luke 23:40-43But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatsoever 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.Ezekiel 16:49Behold, 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.
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