Verse Comparison: Luke 15:17
American Standard Version
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!
Amplified® Bible
Then when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father have enough food, and [even food] to spare, but I am perishing (dying) here of hunger!
Contemporary English Version
Finally, he came to his senses and said, "My father's workers have plenty to eat, and here I am, starving to death!
Darby English Version
And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have abundance of bread, and *I* perish here by famine.
Good News Bible
At last he came to his senses and said, 'All my father's hired workers have more than they can eat, and here I am about to starve!
International Standard Version
"Then he came to his senses and said, 'How many of my father's hired men have more food than they can eat, and here I am starving to death!
King James 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!
New American Standard Bible
"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 International Version
"When he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!
New King James Version
"But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"But when he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired men have more than enough bread, but I die here 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!
