Luke 15:17

The Parable of the Prodigal Son

16He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.17Finally 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!18I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

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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!
American Standard Version (1901)
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!
Bible in Basic English
But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers of my father's servants have bread enough, and more, while I am near to death here through need of food!
Douay-Rheims 1899
And returning to himself, he said: How many hired servants in my father’s house abound with bread, and I here perish with hunger?
Free Bible Version
When he came to his senses, he said to himself, ‘All of my father's workers have more than enough to eat—why am I dying from hunger here?
Geneva Bible 1599
Then he came to him selfe, and said, Howe many hired seruaunts at my fathers haue bread ynough, and I die for hunger?
King James (Authorized) 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!
One Unity Resource Bible
But when he came to himself he said, ‘How many hired servants of my Abba ·Father familiar, Dear Dad· have bread enough to spare, and I’m dying with hunger!
Translation for Translators
Finally he thought clearly about what he had done. He said to himself, ‘All of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food! They have more [SYN] than they can eat, but here I am dying because I do not have anything to eat [HYP]!
Unlocked Literal Bible
But when the young son came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough food, and I am here, dying from hunger!
Noah Webster Bible
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father have bread enough and to spare, and I am perishing with hunger!
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!
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!