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!


In Context

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,

19 and no more am I worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy hirelings.

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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:17But 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!

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!