Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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? the eleventh. Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatsoever thy hand is able to do, do it earnestly: for neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge shall be in hell, whither thou art hastening. Luke 23:40-43 But the other answering, rebuked him, saying: Neither dost thou fear God, seeing; thou art under the same condemnation? . . . John 9:4 I must work the works of him that sent me, whilst it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. Why. Proverbs 19:15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. Ezekiel 16:49 Behold this was the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance, and the idleness of her, and of her daughters: and they did not put forth their hand to the needy, and the poor. Acts 17:21 (Now all the Athenians and strangers that were there employed themselves in nothing else, but either in telling or in hearing some new thing.) Hebrews 6:12 That you become not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience shall inherit the promises. Context The Parable of the Workers…5And they went their way. And again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did in like manner. 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? 7They say to him: Because no man hath hired us. He saith to them: Go ye also into my vineyard.… Cross References Matthew 20:5 And they went their way. And again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did in like manner. Matthew 20:7 They say to him: Because no man hath hired us. He saith to them: Go ye also into my vineyard. Lexicon AboutΠερὶ (Peri) Preposition Strong's Greek 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 τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. eleventh [hour] ἑνδεκάτην (hendekatēn) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's Greek 1734: Eleventh. Ordinal from hendeka; eleventh. he went out ἐξελθὼν (exelthōn) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 1831: To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue. [and] found εὗρεν (heuren) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's Greek 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find. still others ἄλλους (allous) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 243: Other, another (of more than two), different. A primary word; 'else, ' i.e. Different. standing [around]. ἑστῶτας (hestōtas) Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 2476: A prolonged form of a primary stao stah'-o; to stand, used in various applications. ‘Why Τί (Ti) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's Greek 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what. have you been standing ἑστήκατε (hestēkate) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's Greek 2476: A prolonged form of a primary stao stah'-o; to stand, used in various applications. here ὧδε (hōde) Adverb Strong's Greek 5602: From an adverb form of hode; in this same spot, i.e. Here or hither. all ὅλην (holēn) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's Greek 3650: All, the whole, entire, complete. A primary word; 'whole' or 'all', i.e. Complete, especially as noun or adverb. day [long] ἡμέραν (hēmeran) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's Greek 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. doing nothing?’ ἀργοί (argoi) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 692: Idle, lazy, thoughtless, unprofitable, injurious. (by implication) lazy, useless. he asked. λέγει (legei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's Greek 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. Additional Translations 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. And about the eleventh having gone out, he found others standing, and says to them, 'Why do you stand here all the day idle?' 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? 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? But about the eleventh [hour], having gone out, he found others standing, and says to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? 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? And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? And going out about five o'clock he found others loitering, and he asked them, "'Why have you been standing here all day long, doing nothing?' About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, 'Why do you stand here all day idle?' 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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