Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 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 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 pigs. 16 And he was longing to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, and no one gave to him.
Names
Cross References
Exodus 10:3
And Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh and said to him, So says Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may serve Me.
2 Chronicles 28:22
And in the time of his distress he trespassed even more against Jehovah, this King Ahaz.
Isaiah 1:5
Why should you be stricken any more? You will revolt more and more; the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Isaiah 1:9-13
Except Jehovah of Hosts had left us a very small remnant, we would be as Sodom; we would be like Gomorrah.
Isaiah 57:17
For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry and struck him; I hid Myself, and was angry, and he went on turning away in the way of his heart.
Jeremiah 5:3
O Jehovah, are not Your eyes on the truth? You have stricken them, but they have not grieved; You have destroyed them, but they have refused to receive correction; they have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to return.
Jeremiah 8:4-6
And you shall say to them, So says Jehovah; shall they fall and not arise? Shall he turn away and not return?
Jeremiah 31:18-19
I have surely heard Ephraim mourning to himself, saying, You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bull not broken in; turn me, and I shall be turned. For You are Jehovah my God.
Ezekiel 16:52
You also, who have judged your sisters, bear your own shame for your sins which you have committed more abominable than they. They are more righteous than you! Yes, blush and bear your shame, since you have justified your sisters.
Ezekiel 16:63
so that you may remember and be ashamed; and it will not be possible to open your mouth any more because of your shame; in that I am propitiated for all that you have done, says the Lord Jehovah.
Nahum 3:6
And I will cast filth upon you, and will dishonor you, and will set you as a gazing-stock.
Malachi 2:9
Therefore I have also made you despised and low before all the people, just as you have not kept My ways but are lifting up faces in the law.
Luke 8:32-34
And there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain. And they begged Him that He would allow them to enter into them. And He allowed them.
Luke 15:13
And not many days afterward, the younger son gathered all together and went away into a far country. And there he wasted his property, living dissolutely.
Romans 1:24-26
Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves.
Romans 6:22
But now, being made free from sin, and having become slaves to God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end everlasting life.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor abusers, nor homosexuals,
Ephesians 2:2-3
in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience;
Ephesians 4:17-19
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should not walk from now on as other nations walk, in the vanity of their mind,
Ephesians 5:11-12
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Colossians 3:5-7
Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness (which is idolatry),
2 Timothy 2:25-26
in meekness instructing those who oppose, if perhaps God will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth,
Titus 3:3
For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, slaving for various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
Revelation 2:21-22
And I gave her time that she might repent of her fornication, and she did not repent.