Matthew 20:5
New International Version
So they went. “He went out again about noon and about three in the afternoon and did the same thing.

New Living Translation
So they went to work in the vineyard. At noon and again at three o’clock he did the same thing.

English Standard Version
So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same.

Berean Standard Bible
So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing.

Berean Literal Bible
And they went. And having gone out again about the sixth and ninth hour, he did likewise.

King James Bible
Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.

New King James Version
Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.

New American Standard Bible
Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same thing.

NASB 1995
“Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same thing.

NASB 1977
“Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same thing.

Legacy Standard Bible
Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same thing.

Amplified Bible
He went out about the sixth hour (noon) and the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.), and did the same thing.

Christian Standard Bible
About noon and about three, he went out again and did the same thing.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
About noon and at three, he went out again and did the same thing.

American Standard Version
Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But those departed and he went out again at the sixth and at the ninth hours and did likewise.

Contemporary English Version
So they went. At noon and again about three in the afternoon he returned to the market. And each time he made the same agreement with others who were loafing around with nothing to do.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they went their way. And again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did in like manner.

English Revised Version
Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"He went out again about noon and 3 p.m. and did the same thing.

Good News Translation
So they went. Then at twelve o'clock and again at three o'clock he did the same thing.

International Standard Version
So off they went. He went out again about noon and about three o'clock and did the same thing.

Literal Standard Version
and they went away. Again, having gone forth about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did in like manner.

Majority Standard Bible
So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing.

New American Bible
So they went off. [And] he went out again around noon, and around three o’clock, and did likewise.

NET Bible
So they went. When he went out again about noon and three o'clock that afternoon, he did the same thing.

New Revised Standard Version
When he went out again about noon and about three o’clock, he did the same.

New Heart English Bible
Again he went out about noon and at three in the afternoon, and did likewise.

Webster's Bible Translation
Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.

Weymouth New Testament
"So they went. Again about twelve, and about three o'clock, he went out and did the same.

World English Bible
Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.

Young's Literal Translation
and they went away. 'Again, having gone forth about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did in like manner.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Parable of the Workers
4‘You also go into my vineyard,’ he said, ‘and I will pay you whatever is right.’ 5So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing. 6About 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.…

Cross References
Matthew 20:4
You also go into my vineyard,' he said, 'and I will pay you whatever is right.'

Matthew 20:6
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.

Mark 15:33
From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.

Luke 23:44
It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.


Treasury of Scripture

Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.

sixth.

Matthew 27:45
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

Mark 15:33,34
And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour…

Luke 23:44-46
And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour…

and did.

Genesis 12:1-4
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: …

Joshua 24:2,3
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods…

2 Chronicles 33:12-19
And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, …

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Matthew 20
1. Jesus, by the parable of the laborers in the vineyard, shows that God is debtor unto no man;
17. foretells his passion;
20. by answering the mother of Zebedee's children, teaches his disciples to be humble;
29. and gives two blind men their sight.














Verse 5. - Sixth and ninth hour. At midday and 3 p.m., which would give respectively about half a day's and a quarter of a day's work.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
So
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

they went.
ἀπῆλθον (apēlthon)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 565: From apo and erchomai; to go off, aside or behind, literally or figuratively.

He went out
ἐξελθὼν (exelthōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1831: To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue.

again
Πάλιν (Palin)
Adverb
Strong's 3825: Probably from the same as pale; anew, i.e. back, once more, or furthermore or on the other hand.

about
περὶ (peri)
Preposition
Strong's 4012: From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.

[the] sixth [hour]
ἕκτην (hektēn)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1623: Sixth. Ordinal from hex; sixth.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

[the] ninth
ἐνάτην (enatēn)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1766: Ninth. Ordinal from ennea; ninth.

hour
ὥραν (hōran)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5610: Apparently a primary word; an 'hour'.

[and] did
ἐποίησεν (epoiēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

the same thing.
ὡσαύτως (hōsautōs)
Adverb
Strong's 5615: In like manner, likewise, just so. From hos and an adverb from autos; as thus, i.e. In the same way.


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