eleventh hour

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From a parable in the Bible of workmen hired at the eleventh hour (that is, late in the day), known as the Parable of the Workers of the Eleventh Hour or the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard: * King James Bible, Matthew 20:6 & 20:9: *: And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? ... And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: آخر لحظة، اللحظة الأخيرة — The last minute
• Czech: v hodině dvanácté — The last minute
• Danish: i ellevte time — The last minute
• Danish: i den ellevte time — The last minute
• Danish: i 11. time — The last minute
• Dutch: elfde uur — The last minute
• Finnish: yhdestoista hetki — The last minute
• Finnish: viime hetki — The last minute
• French: à la dernière minute — The last minute
• Icelandic: á elleftu stundu — The last minute
• Icelandic: síðustu forvöð — The last minute
• Italian: all'ultimo minuto — The last minute
• Japanese: 土壇場 (dotanba) — The last minute
• Norwegian Bokmål: i ellevte time — The last minute
• Polish: ostatnia chwila — The last minute
• Portuguese: em cima da hora — The last minute
• Russian: в после́днюю мину́ту (v poslédnjuju minútu) — The last minute
• Serbo-Croatian: у задњи час — The last minute
• Serbo-Croatian: u zadnji čas — The last minute
• Spanish: casi demasiado tarde — The last minute
• Spanish: último minuto — The last minute
• Spanish: última hora — The last minute
• Swedish: i elfte timmen — The last minute