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


In Context

12 and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of thy substance that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.

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

14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in 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 would fain have been filled with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

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

Luke 15:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:15So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:15And he went and cleaved to one of the citizens of that country. And he sent him into his farm to feed swine.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:15and having gone on, he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him to the fields to feed swine,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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