16And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave to him.


In Context

13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave to him.

17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before you,

Luke 15:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:16And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:16He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:16And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks the swine did eat; and no man gave unto him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:16And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:16And he longed to fill his belly with the husks which the swine were eating; and no one gave to him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:16And he would fain have been filled with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:16And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat; and no man gave to him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:16He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:16and he was desirous to fill his belly from the husks that the swine were eating, and no one was giving to him.