Luke
King James Version (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!”
King James Version (KJV)
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.
Lu 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.
And when he came to himselfe, he said, How many hired seruants of my fathers haue bread inough and to spare, and I perish with hunger?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"But when he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired men have more than enough bread, but I am dying here with hunger!
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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!
- American Standard Version (1901)
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!
- Basic English 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!
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have abundance of bread, and *I* perish here by famine.
- Darby Bible
And returning to himself, he said: How many hired servants in my father's house abound with bread, and I here perish with hunger?
- Douay-Rheims Bible
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!
- English Revised Version
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!
- World English Bible