MAT 20:12 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) and complained, ‘These last ones only worked an hour, and yet you paid them the same as us who worked the entire day right through the scorching heat!’

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT saying, ‘These last ones have done one hour, but you made them equal to us, the ones having borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’

UST They said to him, ‘These people who started working last worked for just one hour. However, you are treating them as if they worked as much as we have! We worked the most and during the hottest parts of the day.’

BSB ‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’

BLB saying, 'These the last have worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us, the ones having borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.'

AICNT saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’

OEB “These last,” they said, “have done only one hour’s work, and yet you have put them on the same footing with us, who have borne the brunt of the day’s work, and the heat.”

WEBBE saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!’

WMBB (Same as above)

NET saying, ‘These last fellows worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who bore the hardship and burning heat of the day.’

LSV that, These, the last, worked one hour, and you made them equal to us, who were bearing the burden of the day—and the heat.

FBV ‘Those who were hired last only worked for an hour, and you've paid them the same as us who worked the whole day in the burning heat,’ they grumbled.

TCNT saying, ‘These last men worked for one hour, and yoʋ have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’

T4T They said to him, ‘You are not being fair! The men who started working after all of the rest of us started worked for only one hour! You have paid them the same wage as you paid us! But we worked hard all day [IDM], including working in the hottest part of the day!’

LEB saying, ‘These last people worked one hour and you made them equal to us who have endured the burden of the day and the burning heat!’

BBE Saying, These last have done only one hour's work, and you have made them equal to us, who have undergone the hard work of the day and the burning heat.

Moff No Moff MAT book available

Wymth "`These who came last have done only one hour's work, and you have put them on a level with us who have worked the whole day and have borne the scorching heat.'

ASV saying, These last have spent but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.

DRA Saying: These last have worked but one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, that have borne the burden of the day and the heats.

YLT that These, the last, wrought one hour, and thou didst make them equal to us, who were bearing the burden of the day — and the heat.

Drby saying, These last have worked one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the heat.

RV saying, These last have spent but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.

Wbstr Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day.

KJB-1769 Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
( Saying, These last have wrought/done but one hour, and thou/you hast made them equal unto us, which have born the burden and heat of the day. )

KJB-1611 [fn]Saying, These last haue wrought but one houre, and thou hast made them equall vnto vs, which haue borne the burden, and heat of the day.
(Saying, These last have wrought/done but one houre, and thou/you hast made them equall unto us, which have born the burden, and heat of the day.)

20:12 Or, haue continued one houre onely.

Bshps Saying: These laste haue wrought but one houre, & thou hast made them equall vnto vs, whiche haue borne the burthen and heate of the day.
(Saying: These last have wrought/done but one houre, and thou/you hast made them equall unto us, which have born the burthen and heat of the day.)

Gnva Saying, These last haue wrought but one houre, and thou hast made them equall vnto vs, which haue borne the burden and heate of the day.
(Saying, These last have wrought/done but one houre, and thou/you hast made them equall unto us, which have born the burden and heat of the day. )

Cvdl and sayde: These last haue wrought but one houre, and thou hast made the equall vnto us, which haue borne the burthen and heate of the daye.
(and said: These last have wrought/done but one houre, and thou/you hast made the equall unto us, which have born the burthen and heat of the day.)

TNT saying: These laste have wrought but one houre and thou hast made them equall vnto vs which have born the burthe and heet of the daye.
(saying: These last have wrought/done but one hour and thou/you hast made them equall unto us which have born the burthe and heet of the day. )

Wycl These laste wrouyten oon our, and thou hast maad hem euen to vs, that han born the charge of the dai, and heete?
(These last wrought/doneen one our, and thou/you hast made them even to us, that have born the charge of the day, and heat?)

Luth und sprachen: Diese letzten haben nur eine Stunde gearbeitet, und du hast sie uns gleich gemacht, die wir des Tages Last und Hitze getragen haben.
(and said: This/These letzten have nur one Stunde gearbeitet, and you have they/she/them us/to_us/ourselves gleich made, the we/us the dayss Last and Hitze getragen have.)

ClVg dicentes: Hi novissimi una hora fecerunt, et pares illos nobis fecisti, qui portavimus pondus diei, et æstus.
(saying: They novissimi una hora fecerunt, and pares those us fecisti, who portavimus pondus diei, and æstus. )

UGNT λέγοντες, οὗτοι οἱ ἔσχατοι μίαν ὥραν ἐποίησαν, καὶ ἴσους ἡμῖν αὐτοὺς ἐποίησας, τοῖς βαστάσασι τὸ βάρος τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τὸν καύσωνα.
(legontes, houtoi hoi esⱪatoi mian hōran epoiaʸsan, kai isous haʸmin autous epoiaʸsas, tois bastasasi to baros taʸs haʸmeras kai ton kausōna.)

SBL-GNT ⸀λέγοντες· Οὗτοι οἱ ἔσχατοι μίαν ὥραν ἐποίησαν, καὶ ἴσους ⸂αὐτοὺς ἡμῖν⸃ ἐποίησας τοῖς βαστάσασι τὸ βάρος τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τὸν καύσωνα.
(⸀legontes; Houtoi hoi esⱪatoi mian hōran epoiaʸsan, kai isous ⸂autous haʸmin⸃ epoiaʸsas tois bastasasi to baros taʸs haʸmeras kai ton kausōna.)

TC-GNT λέγοντες [fn]ὅτι Οὗτοι οἱ ἔσχατοι μίαν ὥραν ἐποίησαν, καὶ ἴσους [fn]ἡμῖν αὐτοὺς ἐποίησας, τοῖς βαστάσασι τὸ βάρος τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τὸν καύσωνα.
(legontes hoti Houtoi hoi esⱪatoi mian hōran epoiaʸsan, kai isous haʸmin autous epoiaʸsas, tois bastasasi to baros taʸs haʸmeras kai ton kausōna. )

20:12 οτι ¦ — CT

20:12 ημιν αυτους ¦ αυτους ημιν SBL WH

Key for above GNTs: red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

λέγοντες, οὗτοι οἱ ἔσχατοι μίαν ὥραν ἐποίησαν, καὶ ἴσους ἡμῖν αὐτοὺς ἐποίησας, τοῖς βαστάσασι τὸ βάρος τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τὸν καύσωνα

saying these ¬the last_‹ones› one hour worked and equal ˱to˲_us them ˱you˲_made ˱to˲_the_‹ones› (Some words not found in SR-GNT: λέγοντες οὗτοι οἱ ἔσχατοι μίαν ὥραν ἐποίησαν καὶ ἴσους ἡμῖν αὐτοὺς ἐποίησας τοῖς βαστάσασιν τὸ βάρος τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τὸν καύσωνα)

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [saying that the last ones had done one hour, but the master of the house made them equal to themselves, the ones having borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat]

Note 2 topic: writing-quotations

λέγοντες

saying

Consider natural ways of introducing direct quotations in your language. Alternate translation: [and they said]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οὗτοι οἱ ἔσχατοι

these ¬the last_‹ones›

Here the workers are referring to the other workers who were hired last. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [These ones who were hired last]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

ἐποίησας

˱you˲_made

Because the workers are speaking to the master of the house, the word you is singular.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

ἡμῖν

˱to˲_us

By us, the workers mean themselves who were hired first but not any of the other workers, so use the exclusive form of that word in your translation if your language marks that distinction.

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τοῖς βαστάσασι τὸ βάρος τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τὸν καύσωνα

˱to˲_the_‹ones› (Some words not found in SR-GNT: λέγοντες οὗτοι οἱ ἔσχατοι μίαν ὥραν ἐποίησαν καὶ ἴσους ἡμῖν αὐτοὺς ἐποίησας τοῖς βαστάσασιν τὸ βάρος τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τὸν καύσωνα)

Here, the workers are speaking of their hard work as if it were a burden that they had borne. They also speak as if the scorching heat were also an object that they had borne. They mean that they had to work hard and experience the hot sun during the middle of the day. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [ones having worked hard the whole day and having experienced the scorching heat]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τὸ βάρος τῆς ἡμέρας

the burden ˱of˲_the day

Here, the workers are using the possessive form to describe a burden that they had to bear during the day. If this is not clear in your language, you could express the idea in another. Alternate translation: [the burden during the day]

Parallel MAT 20:12