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


In Context

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!

18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against 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 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.

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.