Luke 15:16 - Modern English Version

¹⁶ He would gladly have filled his stomach with the husks that the swine were eating, but no one gave him any.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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)

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ He longed to eat his fill from what the pigs ate, but no one gave him anything.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And he wanted to fill his belly with the scraps that the swine ate. But no one would give it to him.

Luke 15:16 Tagairtí Cros

Job 30:4

Who pluck mallow by the bushes, and juniper roots for their food.

Psalm 142:4

Look to the right and see, for there is no one who acknowledges me; there is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.

Psalm 73:22

I was foolish and ignorant; I was like a beast before You.

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside so that he cannot deliver his soul, or 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 does not satisfy? Listen diligently to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance.

Isaiah 57:3

But draw near to here, you sons of a sorceress, offspring of an adulterer and prostitute.

Lamentations 4:5

Those who once ate delicacies are desolate in the streets; those who were brought up in scarlet embrace ash heaps.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim feeds on the wind and chases after the east wind all day long. He multiplies lies and devastation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.

Matthew 7:6

“Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet and turn around and attack you.

Luke 15:15

So he went and hired himself to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.

Luke 15:17

“When he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have an abundance of bread, and here I am perishing with hunger!