Matthew 20:6 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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?

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?

English Amplified

And about the eleventh hour (five o'clock) he went out and found still others standing around, and said to them, Why do you stand here idle all day?

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And about the eleventh hour (five o'clock) he went out and found still others standing around, and said to them, Why do you stand here idle all day?

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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.

English CSB 2017 - 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?’

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

But about the eleventh [hour], having gone out, he found others standing, and says to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

English EASY 2024

Two hours later, at five o'clock, he went out again. He found more men who were standing there and they had no work to do. The master asked them, “Why are you standing here all day and you are not working?”

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

About five o'clock the man went to the marketplace again. He saw some other people standing there. He asked them, 'Why did you stand here all day doing nothing?'

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

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?'

English GNT (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.

English God's Word - GW 1995

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?'

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Then about five he went and found others standing around, and said to them, 'Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing?'

English KJV 1611

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?

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?’

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

“About the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - 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?'

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Going out about five o'clock, he found others standing around, and said to them, 'Why do you stand here idle all day?'

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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?’

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

About five o'clock he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, 'Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?'

"He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing. About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, 'Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?'

English NKJ 1982

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?’

At five o'clock that evening he was in town again and saw some more people standing around. He asked them, 'Why haven't you been working today?'

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

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?'

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

“Hoping to finish his harvest that day, he went to the town square again at five o’clock and found more who were idle. So he said to them, ‘Why have you been here all day without work?’

English RSV (Revised 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?’

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

“At five o'clock that evening he was in town again and saw some more men standing around and asked them, 'Why haven't you been working today?'

English Tyndale 1537

And he went out about the eleventh hour and found other standing idle, and said unto them: Why stand ye here all the day idle?