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


In Context

13 And after not many days the younger son gathering all together went away into a country a long way off, and there dissipated his property, living in debauchery.

14 But when he had spent all there arose a violent famine throughout that country, and he began to be in want.

15 And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

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

17 And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have abundance of bread, and I perish here by famine.

18 I will rise up and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee;

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 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.

The American 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 to him.