Luke 15:16 - Modern King James Version

¹⁶ And he was longing to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, and no one gave to him.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ 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

those plucking mallows by the bushes, and broom roots for their food.

Psalm 142:4

I looked on my right hand, and I watched, but no one recognized me; escape was lost to me; no man cared for my soul.

Psalm 73:22

So foolish was I, and I did not know; 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, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

Isaiah 55:2

Why do you weigh silver for what is not bread? and your labor for what never satisfies? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Isaiah 57:3

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

Lamentations 4:5

Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets; those reared in scarlet embrace dunghills.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim feeds on wind and follows after the east wind. He daily multiplies lies and cruelty. And they make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

Matthew 7:6

Do not give that which is holy to the dogs; nor 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 pigs.

Luke 15:17

And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father abound in loaves, and I perish with hunger!