6And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and said to them, Why stand you here all the day idle?


In Context

3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

4 And said to them; Go you also into the vineyard, and whatever 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 said to them, Why stand you here all the day idle?

7 They say to him, Because no man has hired us. He said to them, Go you also into the vineyard; and whatever is right, that shall you receive.

8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the laborers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last to the first.

Matthew 20:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:6And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:6"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?'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:6But about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing, and he saith to them: Why stand you here all the day idle?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:6And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing; and he saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:6But about the eleventh hour, having gone out, he found others standing, and says to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:6And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing; and he saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:6And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:6About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, 'Why do you stand here all day idle?'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:6And 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?