Verse 17

And when he came to himself, he said, How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough to spare, and I perish with hunger!

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Men da han kom til seg selv, sa han: 'Hvor mange leiekarer har min far nok brød og til overs, og jeg går her og dør av sult!'

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Men da han kom til seg selv, sa han: "Hvor mange leiearbeidere hos min far har mer enn nok brød, mens jeg sulter!"

• Norsk King James

  Og da han kom til seg selv, sa han, Hvor mange tjenere hos min far har ikke brød nok og til overs, men jeg omkommer av sult!

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men da han kom til seg selv, sa han: Hvor mange av min fars leiefolk har nok brød, mens jeg her går til grunne av sult.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Men da han kom til seg selv, sa han: Hvor mange av min fars leietjenere har overflod av brød, og jeg omkommer av sult!

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Da kom han til seg selv og sa: 'Hvor mange leiefolk hos min far har mat i overflod, og her holder jeg på å dø av sult!'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Da han kom til seg selv, sa han: Hvor mange dagarbeidere hos min far har ikke mat i overflod, mens jeg går her og sulter i hjel!

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Da han kom til seg selv, sa han: 'Hvor mange av farens leide tjenere har enda brød i overflod, mens jeg her dør av sult!'

• gpt4.5-preview

  Da kom han til seg selv og sa: ‘Hvor mange leiefolk hos min far har ikke rikelig med mat, mens jeg dør av sult!

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Da kom han til seg selv og sa: ‘Hvor mange leiefolk hos min far har ikke rikelig med mat, mens jeg dør av sult!

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Da han kom til seg selv, sa han: Hvor mange av min fars leiefolk har rikelig brød, mens jeg går her og sulter i hjel!

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But when he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but here I am dying from hunger!

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Luke.15.17", "source": "Εἰς ἑαυτὸν δὲ ἐλθὼν, εἶπεν, Πόσοι μίσθιοι τοῦ πατρός μου περισσεύουσιν ἄρτων, ἐγὼ δὲ λιμῷ ἀπόλλυμαι!", "text": "To himself *de* *elthōn*, *eipen*, How-many *misthioi* of-the *patros* of-me *perisseuousin* of-*artōn*, I *de* with-*limō* *apollymai*!", "grammar": { "*elthōn*": "aorist active participle, masculine singular, nominative - having come", "*de*": "postpositive particle - but/and/now", "*eipen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he said", "*misthioi*": "noun, masculine plural, nominative - hired servants", "*patros*": "noun, masculine singular, genitive - of father", "μου": "personal pronoun, genitive, 1st person singular - of me", "*perisseuousin*": "present active indicative, 3rd person plural - they have abundance", "*artōn*": "noun, masculine plural, genitive - of bread/loaves", "*limō*": "noun, masculine singular, dative - with hunger/famine", "*apollymai*": "present middle indicative, 1st person singular - I am perishing" }, "variants": { "*elthōn*": "having come/come to/returned", "*misthioi*": "hired servants/workers", "*patros*": "father", "*perisseuousin*": "have abundance/have plenty/have more than enough", "*artōn*": "bread/loaves/food", "*limō*": "hunger/famine/starvation", "*apollymai*": "I am perishing/dying/being destroyed" } }

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Da kom han til seg selv og sa: 'Hvor mange leiefolk hos min far har rikelig med mat, mens jeg går til grunne av sult her!

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men der han kom til sig selv, sagde han: Hvor mange Daglønnere hos min Fader have overflødigt Brød! men jeg omkommer af Hunger.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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!

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Da kom han til seg selv og sa: Hvor mange leiefolk hos min far har overflod av brød, mens jeg her omkommer av sult!

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Da kom han til seg selv og sa: 'Hvor mange leiesvenner hos min far har mer enn nok brød, mens jeg dør her av sult!

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Da kom han til seg selv og sa: 'Hvor mange av min fars leiefolk har overflod av brød, mens jeg her dør av sult!'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men da han kom til seg selv, sa han: Hvor mange av min fars leiefolk har overflod av brød, mens jeg sulter i hjel her!

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Da kom han til seg selv og sa: Hvor mange av farens leiefolk har overflod av brød, mens jeg her holder på å sulte i hjel!

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Then he came to him selfe and sayde: how many hyred servauntes at my fathers have breed ynough and I dye for honger.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then came he to him self, and sayde: How many hyred seruauntes hath my father, which haue bred ynough, and I perish of honger?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then he came to him selfe, & said, Howe many hired seruaunts at my fathers haue bread ynough, and I die for hunger?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then he came to hym selfe, and sayde: Howe many hyred seruauntes at my fathers house haue bread inough, and I perishe with hunger?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹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!›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  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!

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `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!

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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!

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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!

• World English Bible (2000)

  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!

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But when he came to his senses he said,‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 18:28 : 28 Because he considers and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
• Eph 5:14 : 14 Therefore he says, Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.
• Acts 26:11-19 : 11 And I punished them often in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities. 12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, 13 At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me. 14 And when we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? it is hard for you to kick against the pricks. 15 And I said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom you persecute. 16 But rise, and stand upon your feet: for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of these things which you have seen, and of those things in which I will appear to you; 17 Delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith that is in me. 19 Whereupon, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision:
• Eph 2:4-5 : 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;)
• Luke 15:18-19 : 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, 19 And am no longer worthy to be called your son: make me like one of your hired servants.
• Luke 16:23 : 23 And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
• Acts 2:37 : 37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, 'Men and brethren, what shall we do?'
• Acts 16:29-30 : 29 Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. 30 And brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
• Ps 73:20 : 20 As a dream when one awakes; so, O Lord, when You wake up, You shall despise their image.
• Eccl 9:3 : 3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that, they go to the dead.
• Jer 31:19 : 19 Surely, after I was turned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh: I was ashamed, yes, even humiliated, because I bore the reproach of my youth.
• Lam 1:7 : 7 Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none helped her: the adversaries saw her and mocked at her sabbaths.
• Luke 8:35 : 35 Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the demons had departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
• Titus 3:4-6 : 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 Whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
• Jas 1:16-18 : 16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. 18 Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.