Luke 15:14
12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
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 swine.
16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need.
- KJV
- And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
- WEB
- When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.
- ASV
- And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.
- DARBY
- But when he had spent all there arose a violent famine throughout that country, and he began to be in want.
- BLB
- But [on] his having spent all, there was a strong famine throughout that country, and he began to lack.
- ÅB
- Men da han hadde satt alt over styr, ble det en svær hunger i det land, og han begynte å lide nød.
- OTB
- Da han hadde brukt opp alt, oppsto det en alvorlig hungersnød i det landet, og han begynte å lide nød.
- B1930
- Men da han hadde satt alt over styr, blev det en svær hunger i det land, og han begynte å lide nød.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 33:11
Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
Read in contextEzekiel 16:27
Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way.
Read in contextHosea 2:9–14
Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.
Read in contextAmos 8:9–12
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
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