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Matthew 20:6

In Matthew 20 of Matthew.

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?

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “hour” (ὥραν) before having gone here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “idle” (ἀργούς) before and here.

περὶperiaboutπερίpreposition — “about”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.This verse uses “about”.aboutδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἑνδεκάτηνhendekatēneleventhἑνδέκατος (hendekatos)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “eleventh”, the object formG1734eleventh.the eleventhἐξελθὼνexelthōnhe went outἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he went out”, a single actionG1831I go out, come out.he went outεὗρενheurenand foundεὑρίσκω (heuriskō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “and found”, a single actionG2147I find, learn, discover, especially after searching.and foundἄλλουςallousothersἄλλος (allos)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “others”, the object formG243other, another (of more than two), different.othersἑστῶταςhestōtasstandingἵστημι (histēmi)verb, perfect active participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “standing”, a completed action with a present resultG2476trans: (a) I make to stand, place, set up, establish, appoint; mid: I place myself, stand, (b) I set in balance, weigh; intrans: (c) I stand, stand by, stand still; met: I stand ready, stand firm, am steadfast.standingκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andλέγειlegeisaithλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “saith”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.saithαὐτοῖςautoisunto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.unto themΤίtiWhyτίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “Why”, the object formG5101who, which, what, why.Whyὧδεhōdehereὧδεadverb — “here”G5602here, the things here, what is here, what is going on here, the state of affairs here.hereἑστήκατεhestēkateto standἵστημι (histēmi)verb, perfect active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to stand”, a completed action with a present resultG2476trans: (a) I make to stand, place, set up, establish, appoint; mid: I place myself, stand, (b) I set in balance, weigh; intrans: (c) I stand, stand by, stand still; met: I stand ready, stand firm, am steadfast.This verse uses “stand”.ὅληνholēnallὅλος (holos)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “all”, the object formG3650all, the whole, entire, complete.This verse uses “all”.allτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἡμέρανhēmerandayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “day”, the object formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.the dayἀργοίargoiidleἀργός (argos)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “idle”, the subject formG692idle, lazy, thoughtless, unprofitable, injurious.This verse uses “idle”.idle

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ὥρανhōranhourὥρα (hōra)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “hour”, the object formG5610(a) a definite space of time, a season, (b) an hour, (c) the particular time for anything.ἀργούςargousidleἀργός (argos)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “idle”, the object formG692idle, lazy, thoughtless, unprofitable, injurious.This verse uses “idle”.

Literal (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?

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American Standard Version (1901)

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?

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?

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?’

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?

Douay-Rheims

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

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