Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
So he went out to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
A Conservative Version
And having gone, he was joined to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
American Standard Version
And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
So, he went to work for one of the citizens of that country who sent him to his fields to feed his hogs.
Anderson New Testament
And he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Bible in Basic English
And he went and put himself into the hands of one of the people of that country, and he sent him into his fields to give the pigs their food.
Common New Testament
So he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Daniel Mace New Testament
and he was reduced to want, which forc'd him to make his application to one of the inhabitants there, who sent him to his farm to look after his swine.
Godbey New Testament
And having gone he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country: and he sent him into his fields to feed swine:
Goodspeed New Testament
And he went and hired himself out to a resident of the country, and he sent him into his fields to tend pigs.
John Wesley New Testament
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields, to feed swine.
Julia Smith Translation
And having gone, he was joined to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into the fields to feed swine.
King James 2000
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he went [and] hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to tend pigs.
Modern King James verseion
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country. And he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he went, and clave to a citizen of that same country, which sent him to his field, to keep his swine.
Moffatt New Testament
so he went and attached himself to a citizen of that land, who sent him to his fields to feed swine.
Montgomery New Testament
"So he went and hired to one of the citizens of that land, who sent him out into the fields to feed swine.
NET Bible
So he went and worked for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.
New Heart English Bible
He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
Noyes New Testament
And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Sawyer New Testament
And he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his field to feed swine.
The Emphasized Bible
And he went his way, and joined himself unto one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to be feeding swine.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And he went and connected himself with one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Twentieth Century New Testament
So he went and engaged himself to one of the people of that country, who sent him into his fields to tend pigs.
Webster
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Weymouth New Testament
So he went and hired himself to one of the inhabitants of that country, who sent him on to his farm to tend swine;
Williams New Testament
So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, and he sent him to his fields to feed hogs.
World English Bible
He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
Worrell New Testament
And, going his way, he attached himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Worsley New Testament
And he went and let himself to one of the people of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Youngs Literal Translation
and having gone on, he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him to the fields to feed swine,
Themes
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The prodigal son and his older brother
Losing and things lost » The lord seeking and saving that which was lost
Parables » Parables of Christ » Prodigal son
Select readings » The parable of the prodigal son
Salvation » Jesus Christ coming to save
Servant » Hired » The rebellious son
Swine » Herding of, considered as the greatest degradation to a jew
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 15:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Lost Son
14 But when he had spent all there arose a violent famine throughout that country, and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16 And he longed to fill his belly with the husks which the swine were eating; and no one gave to him.
Names
Cross References
Exodus 10:3
And Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah the God of the Hebrews: How long dost thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
2 Chronicles 28:22
And in the time of his trouble he transgressed yet more against Jehovah, this king Ahaz.
Isaiah 1:5
Why should ye be smitten any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Isaiah 1:9-13
Unless Jehovah of hosts had left us a very small residue, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
Isaiah 57:17
For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on backslidingly in the way of his heart.
Jeremiah 5:3
Jehovah, are not thine eyes upon fidelity? Thou hast smitten them, but they are not sore; thou hast consumed them, they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Jeremiah 8:4-6
And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: Do men fall, and not rise up? Doth one turn away, and not return?
Jeremiah 31:18-19
I have indeed heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus: Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised as a bullock not trained: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.
Ezekiel 16:52
Thou also, who hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own confusion, because of thy sins in which thou hast acted more abominably than they: they are more righteous than thou. So be thou ashamed also, and bear thy confusion, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.
Ezekiel 16:63
that thou mayest remember, and be ashamed, and no more open thy mouth because of thy confusion, when I forgive thee all that thou hast done, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Nahum 3:6
And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing stock.
Malachi 2:9
And I also have made you contemptible and base before all the people, because ye have not kept my ways, but have respect of persons in administering the law.
Luke 8:32-34
And there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain, and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into those; and he suffered them.
Luke 15:13
And after not many days the younger son gathering all together went away into a country a long way off, and there dissipated his property, living in debauchery.
Romans 1:24-26
Wherefore God gave them up also in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies between themselves:
Romans 6:22
But now, having got your freedom from sin, and having become bondmen to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end eternal life.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Do ye not know that unrighteous persons shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who make women of themselves, nor who abuse themselves with men,
Ephesians 2:2-3
in which ye once walked according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience:
Ephesians 4:17-19
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye should no longer walk as the rest of the nations walk in the vanity of their mind,
Ephesians 5:11-12
and do not have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather also reprove them,
Colossians 3:5-7
Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, vile passions, evil lust, and unbridled desire, which is idolatry.
2 Timothy 2:25-26
in meekness setting right those who oppose, if God perhaps may sometime give them repentance to acknowledgment of the truth,
Titus 3:3
For we were once ourselves also without intelligence, disobedient, wandering in error, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Revelation 2:21-22
And I gave her time that she should repent, and she will not repent of her fornication.