And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace;

约在巳初出去，看见市上还有闲站的人，

约在上午九点钟出去，看见市场上还有闲站的人，

约在上午九点钟出去，看见市场上还有闲站的人，

“大约上午九点钟，园主出去看见一些人站在街市上无所事事，

大约九点钟，他又出去，看见还有人闲站在街市上，

大约上午九点，他又出去，看见还有人闲站在街市上，

約在巳初出去，看見市上還有閒站的人，

約在上午九點鐘出去，看見市場上還有閒站的人，

約在上午九點鐘出去，看見市場上還有閒站的人，

「大約上午九點鐘，園主出去看見一些人站在街市上無所事事，

大約九點鐘，他又出去，看見還有人閒站在街市上，

大約在上午九點，他又出去，看見市場上另有人站着，閒懶無事，

大約上午九點，他又出去，看見還有人閒站在街市上，

巳初出見有閒立於市者、

辰盡出、見有閒立於市者、

巳初原文作第三時復出、見有閒立於市者、

巳初復出、見人閒立於市、

“ About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

“ About nine o’clock in the morning he went out again. He saw others standing in the market doing nothing.

And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

“ At nine o’clock in the morning he was passing through the marketplace and saw some people standing around doing nothing.

When he went out about nine in the morning, he saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing in the marketplace idle;

When he went out about nine in the morning, he saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

When it was about nine o’clock in the morning, he went out again and saw others standing around in the marketplace without work.

He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.

At the same time they also learn to be idle, as they go around from house to house; and not merely idle, but also they become gossips and busybodies, talking about things not proper to mention.

Laziness casts one into a deep sleep, And a lazy person will suffer hunger.

So he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews and the God fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be present.And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers as well were conversing with him. Some were saying,“ What could this scavenger of tidbits want to say?” Others,“ He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,”— because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying,“ May we know what this new teaching is which you are proclaiming?For you are bringing some strange things to our ears; so we want to know what these things mean.”( Now all the Athenians and the strangers visiting there used to spend their time in nothing other than telling or hearing something new.)

For these people are not drunk, as you assume, since it is only the third hour of the day;

Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had arrogance, plenty of food, and carefree ease, but she did not help the poor and needy.

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?’They* said to him,‘ Because no one hired us.’ He* said to them,‘ You go into the vineyard too.’

Now it was the third hour when they crucified Him.

“ But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call out to the other children,and say,‘ We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a song of mourning, and you did not mourn.’

so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and endurance inherit the promises.