Luke 15:16

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

Young's Literal Translation

In The 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.

In Context

15and having gone on, he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him to the fields to feed swine,

17'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!

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Cross References

Job 30:4Those cropping mallows near a shrub, And broom-roots [is] their food.

Psalms 142:4Looking on the right hand — and seeing, And I have none recognizing; Perished hath refuge from me, There is none inquiring for my soul.

Isaiah 55:2Why do ye weigh money for that which is not bread? And your labour for that which is not for satiety? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat good, And your soul doth delight itself in fatness.

Lamentations 4:5Those eating of dainties have been desolate in out-places, Those supported on scarlet have embraced dunghills.

Jonah 2:2And he saith: I called, because of my distress, to Jehovah, And He doth answer me, From the belly of sheol I have cried, Thou hast heard my voice.

Matthew Henry on Luke 15:12-32

The Prodigal Son. 11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13 And 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. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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