16and he was desirous to fill his belly from the husks that the swine were eating, and no one was giving to him.


In Context

13 'And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went abroad to a far country, and there he scattered his substance, living riotously;

14 and he having spent all, there came a mighty famine on that country, and himself began to be in want;

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

16 and he was desirous to fill his belly from the husks that the swine were eating, and no one was giving to him.

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!

18 having risen, I will go on unto my father, and will say to him, Father, I did sin — to the 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 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 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.