[和合本] 他刨挖园子，捡去石头，栽种上等的葡萄树，在园中盖了一座楼，又凿出压酒池；指望结好葡萄，反倒结了野葡萄。
[新标点] 他刨挖园子，捡去石头，栽种上等的葡萄树，在园中盖了一座楼，又凿出压酒池；指望结好葡萄，反倒结了野葡萄。
[和合修] 他刨挖园子，清除石头，栽种上等的葡萄树，在园中盖了一座楼，又凿出酒池；指望它结葡萄，反倒结了野葡萄。
[新译本] 他把园子周围的泥土挖松了，捡去石头，栽种了上好的葡萄树；在园中建造了一座守望楼，又凿了一个榨酒池。他期望结出好葡萄，却结出野葡萄。
[当代修] 他松土，清除石头，栽种了上好的葡萄，在园中建了一座瞭望塔，凿了榨酒池。他期望收获好葡萄，得到的却是坏葡萄。
[现代修] 他挖泥土，清除石头；他种植了品种优良的葡萄。他造了一座高塔做了望台；他挖了一个踩踏葡萄的池子。他期待葡萄的成熟，不料，一颗颗葡萄又酸又涩。
[吕振中] 他刨挖了园子，捡去石头，栽种了上好的葡萄树；在园中建造了一座守望楼，又凿出一个酒池；指望着它结好葡萄，反倒结了野葡萄。
[思高本] 他翻掘了土地，除去了石块，栽上了精选的葡萄树，园中筑了一座守望台，又凿了一个榨酒池：原希望它结好葡萄，它反倒结了野葡萄。
[文理本] 垦地除石、以葡萄之嘉种、植于其中、建台凿醡、冀结佳果、反生野果、
[GNT] He dug the soil and cleared it of stones; he planted the finest vines. He built a tower to guard them, dug a pit for treading the grapes. He waited for the grapes to ripen, but every grape was sour.
[BBE] And after working the earth of it with a spade, he took away its stones, and put in it a very special vine; and he put up a watchtower in the middle of it, hollowing out in the rock a place for the grape-crushing; and he was hoping that it would give the
[KJV] And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
[NKJV] He dug it up and cleared out its stones, And planted it with the choicest vine. He built a tower in its midst, And also made a winepress in it; So He expected [it] to bring forth [good] grapes, But it brought forth wild grapes.
[KJ21] And He fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine; and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a wine press therein. And He looked for it to bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
[NASB] He dug it all around, cleared it of stones, And planted it with (Lit a bright red grape)the choicest vine. And He built a tower in the middle of it, And also carved out a (Or wine press)wine vat in it; Then He expected it to produce good grapes, But it produced only (Or unripe)worthless ones.
[NRSV] He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; he expected it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.
[WEB] He dug it up, gathered out its stones, planted it with the choicest vine, built a tower in the middle of it, and also cut out a wine press in it.He looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.
[ESV] He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; and he looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.
[NIV] He dug it up and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest vines. He built a watchtower in it and cut out a winepress as well. Then he looked for a crop of good grapes, but it yielded only bad fruit.
[NIrV] He dug up the soil and removed its stones. He planted the very best vines in it. He built a lookout tower there. He also cut out a winepress for it. Then he kept looking for a crop of good grapes. But the vineyard produced only bad fruit.
[HCSB] He broke up the soil, cleared it of stones, and planted it with the finest vines. He built a tower in the middle of it and even hewed out a winepress there. He expected it to yield good grapes, but it yielded worthless grapes.
[CSB] He broke up the soil, cleared it of stones, and planted it with the finest vines. He built a tower in the middle of it and even hewed out a winepress there. He expected it to yield good grapes, but it yielded worthless grapes.
[AMP] And He dug and trenched the ground and gathered out the stones from it and planted it with the choicest vine and built a tower in the midst of it and hewed out a winepress in it. And He looked for it to bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
[NLT] He plowed the land, cleared its stones, and planted it with the best vines. In the middle he built a watchtower and carved a winepress in the nearby rocks. Then he waited for a harvest of sweet grapes, but the grapes that grew were bitter.
[YLT] And he fenceth it, and casteth out its stones, And planteth it [with] a choice vine, And buildeth a tower in its midst, And also a wine press hath hewn out in it, And he waiteth for the yielding of grapes, And it yieldeth bad ones!