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King James Version (KJV)
Luke 15:16
“And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.”
King James Version (KJV)
Luke 15:16 Context
13And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 14And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 15And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. 17And 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! 18I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, 19And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
"And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him." Luke 15:16 KJV Similar Verses Save
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Translation Details for Luke 15:16
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
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Bible Commentary for Luke 15:16
Wesley's Notes for Luke 15:16
15:16 He would fain have filled his belly with the husks - He would fain have satisfied himself with worldly comforts. Vain, fruitless endeavour!
People's Bible Notes for Luke 15:16
Lu 15:16 With the husks. The pods of the carob tree. The husks of animal pleasures cannot satisfy the soul.
And he would faine haue filled his belly with the huskes that the swine did eate: & no man gaue vnto him.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"And he would have gladly filled his stomach with the pods that the swine were eating, and no one was giving {anything} to him.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything.
- Basic English Bible
He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
And he longed to fill his belly with the husks which the swine were eating; and no one gave to him.
- Darby Bible
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks the swine did eat; and no man gave unto him.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
And he would fain have been filled with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
- English Revised Version
He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.
- World English Bible