20:14a
Take your pay: The Greek phrase that the Berean Standard Bible translates as Take your pay is more literally “what is yours.” It refers to the denarius coin that the worker had just received as pay.
Here are some other ways to translate this clause:
Take what is yours (NET Bible)
-or-
Take your money (God’s Word)
and go: In this context, the verb go indicates that the owner dismissed the worker. He told the worker to leave with his pay.
Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:
and leave
-or-
and go ⌊home⌋
20:14b
I want: The Greek verb that the Berean Standard Bible translates literally as I want indicates that the owner acted according to his own will.
Here are some other ways to translate this clause:
I choose (English Standard Version)
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It is my wish/desire
to give: This same verb occurs in 20:4b. Translate it the same way as you did there. In some languages, it will be natural to use the word “pay.” For example:
to pay (New Living Translation (2004))
-or-
to give as pay
this last man: In Greek this phrase is more literally “to this last.” In 20:13a the owner responded to one man in the first group of workers. In the same way, he referred to one man in the last group. This continues the theme of “the first” and “the last” throughout this parable.
Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:
to this last man
-or-
to this last person
the same as I gave you: In Greek, this phrase is more literally “as also to you.” The owner chose to pay all the workers the same amount.
Here are some other ways to translate this clause:
the same as I also give to you
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as much as I gave you (Good News Translation)
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