Verse Comparison: Matthew 20:6
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?
Amplified® Bible
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?
Contemporary English Version
Finally, about five in the afternoon the man went back and found some others standing there. He asked them, "Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?"
Darby English Version
But about the eleventh [hour], having gone out, he found others standing, and says to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
Good News Bible
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.
International Standard Version
About five o'clock he went out and found some others standing around. He said to them, 'Why are you standing here all day long without work?'
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?
New American Standard Bible
"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?'
New International Version
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?'
New King James Version
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?’
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing around; and he said to them, 'Why have you stood here idle all day long?'
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?
