Luke 15:17 Parallel Translations

"Finally, he came to his senses. He said, 'How many of my father's hired men have more food than they can eat, while I'm starving to death here?(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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!

ASV:

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!

BBE:

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!

DBY:

And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have abundance of bread, and I perish here by famine.

ERV:

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!

WEY:

"But on coming to himself he said, "'How many of my father's hired men have more bread than they want, while I here am dying of hunger!

WBS:

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!

WEB:

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!

YLT:

'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!

Luke 15:17 Cross References

XREF:

Luke 15:16 "And he would have gladly filled his stomach with the pods that the swine were eating, and no one was giving anything to him.

Luke 15:18 'I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight; (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

15:17 {3} 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!
(3) The beginning of repentance is the acknowledging of the mercy of God, which encourages us to hope expectantly.

PNT:

15:17 When he came to himself. Sin is an infatuation, a craze. When the blinded eyes of the soul are opened no man is content to abide in sin; that is, in destruction.
How many hired servants. The son was now himself a hired servant; so are all sinners, and the service is a hard one.

WES:

15:17 And coming to himself - For till then he was beside himself, as all men are, so long as they are without God in the world.

MHC:

15:17-24 Having viewed the prodigal in his abject state of misery, we are next to consider his recovery from it. This begins by his coming to himself. That is a turning point in the sinner's conversion. The Lord opens his eyes, and convinces him of sin; then he views himself and every object, in a different light from what he did before. Thus the convinced sinner perceives that the meanest servant of God is happier than he is. To look unto God as a Father, and our Father, will be of great use in our repentance and return to him. The prodigal arose, nor stopped till he reached his home. Thus the repenting sinner resolutely quits the bondage of Satan and his lusts, and returns to God by prayer, notwithstanding fears and discouragements. The Lord meets him with unexpected tokens of his forgiving love. Again; the reception of the humbled sinner is like that of the prodigal. He is clothed in the robe of the Redeemer's righteousness, made partaker of the Spirit of adoption, prepared by peace of conscience and gospel grace to walk in the ways of holiness, and feasted with Divine consolations. Principles of grace and holiness are wrought in him, to do, as well as to will.

CONC:

Abundance Bread Death Dying Famine Father's Hired Hirelings Hunger I'm Numbers Perish Perishing Senses Servants Spare Starving Superabundance

Abundance Bread Death Dying Enough Famine Father's Food Hired Hirelings How Hunger I'm Need Numbers Perish Perishing Senses Servants Spare Starving Superabundance Want

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