Matthew 20:6
World English Bible (WEB)
About the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’
In context
4 He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way.
5 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.
6 About the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’
7 “They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ “He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.’
8 “When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’
Matthew 20:6 in every translation
- 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?’
- 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?
- 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.
- 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?
- DBY 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?
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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?