Luke 15:16 - King James 2000

And he would gladly have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

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King 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.

Luke 15:16 Tagairtí Cros

Job 30:4

Who pick mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their food.

Psalm 142:4

I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would acknowledge me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

Psalm 73:22

So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before you.

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on ashes: a deceived heart has turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

Isaiah 55:2

Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfies not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.

Isaiah 57:3

But draw near here, you sons of the sorceress, the descendants of the adulterer and the harlot.

Lamentations 4:5

They that did eat delicacies are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace ash heaps.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim feeds on wind, and follows after the east wind: he daily increases lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

Matthew 7:6

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and tear you.

Luke 15:15

And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

Luke 15:17

And 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!