Luke 15:14

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

After he had spent everything, a severe famine arose throughout that country, and he began to be in need.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Δαπανήσαντος δὲ αὐτοῦ πάντα, ἐγένετο λιμὸς ἰσχυρὸς κατὰ τὴν χώραν ἐκείνην· καὶ αὐτὸς ἤρξατο ὑστερεῖσθαι.

Transliteration

Dapanēsantos de him panta, egeneto limos ischyros throughout the chōran that; and he ērxato hystereisthai.

Grammar Details

• *Dapanēsantos*: aorist active participle, genitive, masculine, singular - having spent
• *de*: postpositive particle - but/and/now
• αὐτοῦ: personal pronoun, genitive, masculine, singular - of him
• *panta*: adjective, neuter plural, accusative - all things
• *egeneto*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular - there arose/happened
• *limos*: noun, masculine singular, nominative - famine/hunger
• *ischyros*: adjective, masculine singular, nominative - severe/mighty
• *chōran*: noun, feminine singular, accusative - country/region
• ἐκείνην: demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular, accusative - that
• *ērxato*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular - he began
• *hystereisthai*: present passive infinitive - to be in want/lack

Word Meanings

• *Dapanēsantos*: having spent/consumed/used up
• *panta*: all things/everything
• *egeneto*: arose/happened/came to be
• *limos*: famine/hunger/severe food shortage
• *ischyros*: severe/mighty/strong/powerful
• *chōran*: country/region/land
• *ērxato*: began/started
• *hystereisthai*: to be in want/to lack/to be deficient/to suffer need

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And{G1161} when he{G846} had spent{G1159} all,{G3956} there arose{G1096} a mighty{G2478} famine{G3042} in{G2596} that{G1565} country;{G5561} and{G2532} he{G846} began{G756} to be in want.{G5302}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And{G1161} when he{G846} had spent{G1159}{(G5660)} all{G3956}, there arose{G1096}{(G5633)} a mighty{G2478} famine{G3042} in{G2596} that{G1565} land{G5561}; and{G2532} he{G846} began{G756}{(G5662)} to be in want{G5302}{(G5745)}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And when he had spent all that he had ther rose a greate derth thorow out all yt same londe and he began to lacke.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Now whan he had spent all that he had, there was a greate derth thorow out all the same lode. And he begane to lacke,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Nowe when hee had spent all, there arose a great dearth throughout that land, and he began to be in necessitie.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And when he had spent all, there arose a great dearth in all that lande, and he began to lacke.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and he having spent all, there came a mighty famine on that country, and himself began to be in want;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need.

• World English Bible (2000)

  When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 33:11 : 11 So the LORD brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
• Ezek 16:27 : 27 So now I have stretched out my hand against you and reduced your portion. I gave you over to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd conduct.
• Hos 2:9-9 : 9 She will chase after her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, 'I will go back to my first husband, because it was better for me then than now.' 10 She did not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and who lavished her with silver and gold, which they used for Baal. 11 Therefore, I will take back my grain in its time and my new wine in its season. I will remove my wool and flax, which were to cover her nakedness. 12 Now I will uncover her shame in the sight of her lovers; no one will deliver her out of my hand. 13 I will put an end to all her celebrations: her feasts, her new moons, her Sabbaths, and all her appointed festivals. 14 I will destroy her vines and fig trees, which she thought were her wages from her lovers. I will turn them into a thicket, and wild animals will devour them.
• Amos 8:9-9 : 9 'On that day,' declares the Lord God, 'I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.' 10 'I will turn your festivals into mourning and all your songs into lamentation; I will cover everyone's waists with sackcloth and shave every head bald. I will make it like mourning for an only son and its end like a bitter day.' 11 'Behold, the days are coming,' declares the Lord God, 'when I will send a famine on the land—not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord.' 12 They will wander from sea to sea and from north to east; they will roam about seeking the word of the Lord, but they will not find it.