they pick mallow and the leaves of bushes, and to warm themselves the roots of broom.
Luke 15:16 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional He would gladly have filled himself with the pods that the pigs were eating; and no one gave him anything. Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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 pick mallow and the leaves of bushes, and to warm themselves the roots of broom.
Look on my right hand and see— there is no one who takes notice of me; no refuge remains to me; no one cares for me.
He feeds on ashes; a deluded mind has led him astray, and he cannot save himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a fraud?”
Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.
But as for you, come here, you children of a sorceress, you offspring of an adulterer and a whore.
Those who feasted on delicacies perish in the streets; those who were brought up in purple cling to ash heaps.
Ephraim herds the wind, and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a treaty with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.
“Do not give what is holy to dogs; and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under foot and turn and maul you.
So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed the pigs.
But when he came to himself he said, ‘How many of my father's hired hands have bread enough and to spare, but here I am dying of hunger!