Luke 15:16 “He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no…”

Luke 15:16

He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

He wanted to fill his belly with the pods that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And hee would faine haue filled his bellie with the huskes, that the swine ate: but no man gaue them him.

Darby Translation

And he longed to fill his belly with the husks which the swine were eating; and no one gave to him.

Young's Literal Translation

and he was desirous to fill his belly from the husks that the swine were eating, and no one was giving to him.

Bible in Basic English

And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything.

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Cross references

“he would”

Romans 6:19–21 Hosea 12:1 Isaiah 44:20 Isaiah 55:2 Lamentations 4:5

Romans 6:19–21 · BSB

I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness lead…

Hosea 12:1 · BSB

Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

Isaiah 44:20 · BSB

He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”

Isaiah 55:2 · BSB

Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.

Lamentations 4:5 · BSB

Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.

“that”

Psalm 73:22

Psalm 73:22 · BSB

I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.

“no”

Psalm 142:4 Isaiah 57:3 Jonah 2:2–8

Psalm 142:4 · BSB

Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.

Isaiah 57:3 · BSB

“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!

Jonah 2:2–8 · BSB

saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.

17Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food, but here I am, starving to death!

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