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Luke 15:15
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KJ21
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.
ASV
And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
AMP
So he went and forced himself on one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
AMPC
So he went and forced (glued) himself upon one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed hogs.
BRG
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
CSB
Then he went to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
CSBA
Then he went to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
CEB
He hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
CJB
“So he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
CEV
He went to work for a man in that country, and the man sent him out to take care of his pigs.
DARBY
And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
DLNT
And having gone, he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country. And he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
DRA
And he went and cleaved to one of the citizens of that country. And he sent him into his farm to feed swine.
ERV
So he went and got a job with one of the people who lived there. The man sent him into the fields to feed pigs.
EASY
He went to a man who lived in that country. He asked to work for him. So the man sent him into his fields to give food to his pigs.
EHV
He went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
ESV
So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
ESVUK
So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
EXB
So he ·got a job with [hired himself out to] one of the citizens there who sent the son into the fields to feed pigs [C degrading work, since pigs were ritually unclean and detestable animals to Jews].
GNV
Then he went and clave to a citizen of that country, and he sent him to his farm, to feed swine.
GW
So he got a job from someone in that country and was sent to feed pigs in the fields.
GNT
So he went to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him out to his farm to take care of the pigs.
HCSB
Then he went to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
ICB
So he got a job with one of the citizens there. The man sent the son into the fields to feed pigs.
ISV
So he went out to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
PHILLIPS
Then he continued, “Once there was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the property that will come to me.’ So he divided up his property between the two of them. Before very long, the younger son collected all his belongings and went off to a foreign land, where he squandered his wealth in the wildest extravagance. And when he had run through all his money, a terrible famine arose in that country, and he began to feel the pinch. Then he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country who sent him out into the fields to feed the pigs. He got to the point of longing to stuff himself with the food the pigs were eating and not a soul gave him anything. Then he came to his senses and cried aloud, ‘Why, dozens of my father’s hired men have got more food than they can eat and here I am dying of hunger! I will get up and go back to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have done wrong in the sight of Heaven and in your eyes. I don’t deserve to be called your son any more. Please take me on as one of your hired men.”’
JUB
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
KJV
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
AKJV
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
LSB
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.
LEB
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.
TLB
He persuaded a local farmer to hire him to feed his pigs.
MSG
Then he said, “There was once a man who had two sons. The younger said to his father, ‘Father, I want right now what’s coming to me.’ “So the father divided the property between them. It wasn’t long before the younger son packed his bags and left for a distant country. There, undisciplined and dissipated, he wasted everything he had. After he had gone through all his money, there was a bad famine all through that country and he began to feel it. He signed on with a citizen there who assigned him to his fields to slop the pigs. He was so hungry he would have eaten the corn-cobs in the pig slop, but no one would give him any.
MEV
So he went and hired himself to a citizen of that county, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.
MOUNCE
So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into · his fields to feed pigs.
NOG
So he got a job from someone in that country and was sent to feed pigs in the fields.
NABRE
So he hired himself out to one of the local citizens who sent him to his farm to tend the swine.
NASB
So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
NASB1995
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.
NCB
So he went and hired himself out to one of the local inhabitants who sent him to his farm to feed the pigs.
NCV
So he got a job with one of the citizens there who sent the son into the fields to feed pigs.
NET
So he went and worked for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.
NIRV
He went to work for someone who lived in that country. That person sent the son to the fields to feed the pigs.
NIV
So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.
NIVUK
So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.
NKJV
Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
NLV
He went to work for a man in this far away country. His work was to feed pigs.
NLT
He persuaded a local farmer to hire him, and the man sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.
NMB
And he went and attached himself to a citizen of that same country, who sent him to his field to keep his swine.
NRSVA
So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed the pigs.
NRSVACE
So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed the pigs.
NRSVCE
So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed the pigs.
NRSVUE
So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that region, who sent him to his fields to feed the pigs.
NTFE
So he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into the fields to feed his pigs.
OJB
And he went and became associated with one of the citizens of that aretz, and he sent him into his fields to feed chazirim, [VAYIKRA 11:7]
RGT
“Then he went and kept company with a citizen of that country. And he sent him to his farm to feed swine.
RSV
So he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.
RSVCE
So he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.
TLV
So he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
VOICE
He got a job with one of the locals, who sent him into the fields to feed the pigs.
WEB
He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
WE
So he went to stay with a man in the country who had a farm. The man sent him out to his farm to feed the pigs.
WYC
And he went, and drew him(self) to one of the citizens of that country [And he went, and cleaved to one of the citizens of that country]. And he sent him into his town, to feed swine.
YLT
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,
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