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


In Context

14 When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.

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

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

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

18 I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, |Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.

19 I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants.|'

Luke 15:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:17And 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!

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:17"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!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:17And returning to himself, he said: How many hired servants in my father's house abound with bread, and I here perish with hunger?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:17But 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!

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:17And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have abundance of bread, and I perish here by famine.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:17But 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!

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:17And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father have bread enough and to spare, and I am perishing with hunger!

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:17'And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:17And 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!