Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

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

Then he went to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

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

So he went and forced himself on one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

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.

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.

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,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

he went
πορεύομαι 
Poreuomai 
go, depart, walk, go way,
Usage: 101

κολλάω 
Kollao 
Usage: 8

to
εἷς 
heis 
one, a, other, some, not tr,
Usage: 188

πολίτης 
Polites 
Usage: 1

of that
ἐκεῖνος 
Ekeinos 
that, those, he, the same, they,
Usage: 148

χώρα 
Chora 
Usage: 20

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

he sent
πέμπω 
Pempo 
Usage: 39

him

Usage: 0

εἰς 
Eis 
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
Usage: 1267

his

Usage: 0

G68
ἀγρός 
Agros 
Usage: 14

to feed
βόσκω 
Bosko 
Usage: 6

References

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Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

The Parable Of The Lost Son

14 And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16 And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.

Cross References

Exodus 10:3

So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.

2 Chronicles 28:22

In the time of his distress he became yet more faithless to the LORD--this same King Ahaz.

Isaiah 1:5

Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

Isaiah 1:9-13

If the LORD of hosts had not left us a few survivors, we should have been like Sodom, and become like Gomorrah.

Isaiah 57:17

Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry, I struck him; I hid my face and was angry, but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart.

Jeremiah 5:3

O LORD, do not your eyes look for truth? You have struck them down, but they felt no anguish; you have consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to repent.

Jeremiah 8:4-6

"You shall say to them, Thus says the LORD: When men fall, do they not rise again? If one turns away, does he not return?

Jeremiah 31:18-19

I have heard Ephraim grieving, 'You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like an untrained calf; bring me back that I may be restored, for you are the LORD my God.

Ezekiel 16:52

Bear your disgrace, you also, for you have intervened on behalf of your sisters. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. So be ashamed, you also, and bear your disgrace, for you have made your sisters appear righteous.

Ezekiel 16:63

that you may remember and be confounded, and never open your mouth again because of your shame, when I atone for you for all that you have done, declares the Lord GOD."

Nahum 3:6

I will throw filth at you and treat you with contempt and make you a spectacle.

Malachi 2:9

and so I make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you do not keep my ways but show partiality in your instruction."

Luke 8:32-34

Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them permission.

Luke 15:13

Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living.

Romans 1:24-26

Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves,

Romans 6:22

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,

Ephesians 2:2-3

in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience--

Ephesians 4:17-19

Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.

Ephesians 5:11-12

Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

Colossians 3:5-7

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you:sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

2 Timothy 2:25-26

correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth,

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.

Revelation 2:21-22

I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.

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