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


In Context

12 The younger one said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the estate.' So he divided his property between them.

13 "Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living.

14 After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need.

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

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

17 "When he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!

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 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 English Revised 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 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.