KJV King James Version
And 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!
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Luke 15:17
And 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!
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Finally 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!
WEB World English Bible
But when he came to himself he said, ‘How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough to spare, and I’m dying with hunger!
ASV American Standard Version
But when he came to himself he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish here with hunger!
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing!
Surrounding context — Luke 15
14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
17 And 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!
18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
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εἰςG1519 · eistowardἑαυτὸνG1438 · heautouthemselfδὲG1161 · dethenἐλθὼνG2064 · erchomaito come/goἔφη·G5346 · phēmito assertπόσοιG4214 · pososhow much/many?μίσθιοιG3407 · misthioshired workerτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoπατρόςG3962 · patērfatherμουG3165 · memeπερισσεύονταιG4052 · perisseuōto exceedἄρτων,G740 · artosbreadἐγὼG1473 · egōI/weδὲG1161 · dethenλιμῷG3042 · limoshungerὧδεG5602 · hōdehereἀπόλλυμαι.G622 · apolluōto destroy
Cross-references
Ezekiel 18:28Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.Ephesians 2:4-5But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,Luke 15:18-19I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,Ephesians 5:14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.Acts 16:29-30Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,Titus 3:4-6But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,Acts 26:11-19And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled [them] to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted [them] even unto strange cities.Luke 8:35Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.Acts 2:37Now when they heard [this], they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men [and] brethren, what shall we do?Jeremiah 31:19Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon [my] thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.James 1:16-18Do not err, my beloved brethren.Lamentations 1:7Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, [and] did mock at her sabbaths.Psalm 73:20As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so], O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.Ecclesiastes 9:3This [is] an evil among all [things] that are done under the sun, that [there is] one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.Luke 16:23And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
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