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Matthew 20:6

And about the eleventh hour he went out and* found others standing there and said to them, ‘Why are you standing here the whole day unemployed?’

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Matthew 20:6 — The New International Version (NIV)

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?’

Matthew 20:6 — English Standard Version (ESV)

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?’

Matthew 20:6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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?

Matthew 20:6 — New Living Translation (NLT)

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?’

Matthew 20:6 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

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?’

Matthew 20:6 — New Century Version (NCV)

About five o’clock the man went to the marketplace again and saw others standing there. He asked them, ‘Why did you stand here all day doing nothing?’

Matthew 20:6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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?

Matthew 20:6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Matthew 20:6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

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?’ 

Matthew 20:6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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

Matthew 20:6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

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?’

Matthew 20:6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

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?’

Matthew 20:6 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

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?’


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