¹⁵And he went and^* hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to tend pigs. ¹⁶And he was longing to fill his stomach with^a the carob pods that the pigs were eating, and no one was giving anything^* to him.

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Footnotes

*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went”) has been translated as a finite verb
aSome manuscripts have “to stuff himself with”
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then he went to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. He longed to eat his fill from the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one would give him anything.

NLTNew Living Translation

He persuaded a local farmer to hire him, and the man sent him into his fields to feed the pigs. The young man became so hungry that even the pods he was feeding the pigs looked good to him. But no one gave him anything.

KJV 1900King James Version

And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

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