They pluck salt-wort by the bushes; And the roots of the broom are their meat.
Luke 15:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And he would fain have been filled with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he would gladly have fed on and filled his belly with the carob pods that the hogs were eating, but [they could not satisfy his hunger and] nobody gave him anything [better]. [Jer. 30:14.] American Standard Version (1901) And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. Common English Bible He longed to eat his fill from what the pigs ate, but no one gave him anything. Catholic Public Domain Version And he wanted to fill his belly with the scraps that the swine ate. But no one would give it to him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks the swine did eat; and no man gave unto him. |
They pluck salt-wort by the bushes; And the roots of the broom are their meat.
Look on my right hand, and see; for there is no man that knoweth me: Refuge hath failed me; no man careth for my soul.
He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dung-hills.
Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he continually multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.
And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
But 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!