LUKE 16:21 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) where he lay, hoping to get any food that might fall off the rich man’s table. The dogs even came and licked his ulcers,

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT and longing to be fed from the things falling from the table of the rich man. But even the dogs were coming and licking his sores.

UST He was so hungry that he wanted to eat the scraps of food that fell from the table where the rich man ate. While he was lying there, dogs came and licked his sores.

BSB and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came [and] licked his sores.

MSB and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell[fn] from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came [and] licked his sores.

BLB and desiring to be fed from that falling from the table of the rich man; but even the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.

AICNT who desired to be fed with {what}[fn] fell from the rich man's table; moreover, the dogs came and licked his sores.

16:21, what: 𝔓75 ℵ(01) B(03) Latin( b e ff² i) Syriac(sy^s sy^c) NA28 SBLGNT THGNT ‖ Some manuscripts read “the crumbs that.” A(02) D(05) W(032) Latin(a) Syriac(sy^p) BYZ TR

OEB and who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

WEBBE and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET who longed to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. In addition, the dogs came and licked his sores.

LSV and desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; indeed, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.

FBV longing to eat the leftovers from the rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

TCNT He longed to be filled with [fn]the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table, but instead the dogs would come and lick his sores.

16:21 the crumbs that 98.1% ¦ what CT 0.3%

T4T He was so hungry that he wanted to eat the scraps of food that fell from the table where the rich man ate. Furthermore, to make things worse, dogs came and licked his sores.

LEB and was longing to be filled with what fell from the table of the rich man. But even the dogs came and[fn] licked his sores.

16:21 *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came”) has been translated as a finite verb

BBE Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds.

Moff and fain to eat up the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. (The very dogs used to come and lick his ulcers.)

Wymth covered with sores and longing to make a full meal off the scraps flung on the floor from the rich man's table. Nay, the dogs, too, used to come and lick his sores.

ASV and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table; yea, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

DRA Desiring to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table, and no one did give him; moreover the dogs came, and licked his sores.

YLT and desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; yea, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.

Drby and desiring to be filled with the crumbs which fell from the table of the rich man; but the dogs also coming licked his sores.

RV and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table; yea, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

SLT And eagerly desirous to be fed from crumbs falling from the rich one’s table: but also the dogs, coming, licked off his wounds.

Wbstr And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover, the dogs came and licked his sores.

KJB-1769 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
( And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover/what’s_more the dogs came and licked his sores. )

KJB-1611 And desiring to bee fed with the crummes which fel from the rich mans table: moreouer the dogges came and licked his sores.
(And desiring to be fed with the crummes which fell from the rich mans table: moreover/what’s_more the dogs came and licked his sores.)

Bshps And desiring to be refresshed with the crumbes which fell from ye riche mans boorde And no man gaue vnto hym: but the dogges came and licked his sores.
(And desiring to be refreshed with the crumbes which fell from ye/you_all rich mans board/head_table And no man gave unto him: but the dogs came and licked his sores.)

Gnva And desired to bee refreshed with the crommes that fell from the riche mans table: yea, and the dogges came and licked his sores.
(And desired to be refreshed with the crommes that fell from the rich mans table: yea, and the dogs came and licked his sores. )

Cvdl and desyred to be fylled with the crommes, that fell from the riche mans table. Yet came the dogges, and licked his sores.
(and desired to be filled with the crommes, that fell from the rich mans table. Yet came the dogs, and licked his sores.)

TNT desyringe to be refresshed with the cromes whiche fell from the ryche manes borde. Neverthelesse the dogges came and licked his soores.
(desyringe to be refreshed with the cromes which fell from the rich manes borde. Nevertheless the dogs came and licked his soores. )

Wycl and coueitide to be fulfillid of the crummes, that fellen doun fro the riche mannus boord, and no man yaf to hym; but houndis camen, and lickiden hise bilis.
(and coveted to be fulfilled of the crummes, that fell down from the rich man’s boord, and no man gave to him; but houndis came, and lickiden his bilis.)

Luth und begehrete, sich zu sättigen von den Brosamen, die von des Reichen Tische fielen. Doch kamen die Hunde und leckten ihm seine Schwären.
(and desired, itself/yourself/themselves to/for saturate/satisfy from the Brosamen, the from the sufficiency tables fell. But came the dogs and leckten him his Schwären.)

ClVg cupiens saturari de micis quæ cadebant de mensa divitis, et nemo illi dabat: sed et canes veniebant, et lingebant ulcera ejus.[fn]
(desiring saturari from/about micis which cadebant from/about the_table rich, and nobody/no_one them gave: but and dogs they_were_coming, and lingebant ulcera his. )

16.21 Cupiens. In una re duo judicia Dei explentur: ex visione pauperis diviti non miserenti cumulus damnationis infertur; et rursum ex visione divitis, tentatus quotidie pauper probatur, quem ad majorem ipsius probationem paupertas simul et ægritudo, et visa divitis copia, et nulla sibi adhibita consolatio, afficiunt. Canes. Potest in lingua canum lingua significari adulantium qui vulnera lingunt, dum mala quæ in nobis reprehendimus improbo favore laudant.

16.21 Cupiens. In together re two judgements of_God explentur: from vision poor rich not/no miserenti cumulus of_condemnation infertur; and again from vision rich, tentatus daily poor approved, which to greater of_his/her_own approvesionem poverty at_the_same_time and ægritudo, and visa rich copia, and none to_himself adhibita consolation, afficiunt. Canes. Can in/into/on tongue/language canum tongue/language to_be_signified adulantium who/which vulnera lingunt, while evil which in/into/on us reprehendimus improbo favore they_praise.

UGNT καὶ ἐπιθυμῶν χορτασθῆναι ἀπὸ τῶν πιπτόντων ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης τοῦ πλουσίου; ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ κύνες ἐρχόμενοι ἐπέλειχον τὰ ἕλκη αὐτοῦ.
(kai epithumōn ⱪortasthaʸnai apo tōn piptontōn apo taʸs trapezaʸs tou plousiou; alla kai hoi kunes erⱪomenoi epeleiⱪon ta helkaʸ autou.)

SBL-GNT καὶ ἐπιθυμῶν χορτασθῆναι ⸀ἀπὸ τῶν πιπτόντων ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης τοῦ πλουσίου· ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ κύνες ἐρχόμενοι ⸀ἐπέλειχον τὰ ἕλκη αὐτοῦ.
(kai epithumōn ⱪortasthaʸnai ⸀apo tōn piptontōn apo taʸs trapezaʸs tou plousiou; alla kai hoi kunes erⱪomenoi ⸀epeleiⱪon ta helkaʸ autou.)

RP-GNT καὶ ἐπιθυμῶν χορτασθῆναι ἀπὸ τῶν ψιχίων τῶν πιπτόντων ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης τοῦ πλουσίου· ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ κύνες ἐρχόμενοι ἀπέλειχον τὰ ἕλκη αὐτοῦ.
(kai epithumōn ⱪortasthaʸnai apo tōn psiⱪiōn tōn piptontōn apo taʸs trapezaʸs tou plousiou; alla kai hoi kunes erⱪomenoi apeleiⱪon ta helkaʸ autou.)

TC-GNT καὶ ἐπιθυμῶν χορτασθῆναι ἀπὸ [fn]τῶν ψιχίων τῶν πιπτόντων ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης τοῦ πλουσίου· ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ κύνες ἐρχόμενοι [fn]ἀπέλειχον τὰ ἕλκη αὐτοῦ.
(kai epithumōn ⱪortasthaʸnai apo tōn psiⱪiōn tōn piptontōn apo taʸs trapezaʸs tou plousiou; alla kai hoi kunes erⱪomenoi apeleiⱪon ta helkaʸ autou. )

16:21 των ψιχιων 98.1% ¦ — CT 0.3%

16:21 απελειχον ¦ επελειχον CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 16:19–31: Jesus told a parable about a rich man and a poor man

In this section Jesus told a parable that contrasted the lives of a rich man and a poor man before and after they died. On this earth, the rich man had everything he wanted. The poor man lived in misery (16:19–21). After they died, their situations were the opposite. When the poor man died, angels took him to a wonderful place to be with Abraham. When the rich man died, he went to Hades where he suffered greatly (16:22–23). The rich man pleaded with Abraham for relief, but Abraham said that nothing could be done to change his situation (16:24–26). When the rich man asked Abraham to send Lazarus to warn his brothers, Abraham replied that they already had God’s word to warn them. If they did not pay attention to God’s word, they would also not pay attention if a dead person came back and warned them (16:27–31).

Another heading for this section is:

The Rich Man and Lazarus (NCV)

Paragraph 16:19–21

This paragraph describes the situation of a rich man and a poor man in their lives here on earth.

16:21a

and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table.

He wanted very much to eat some of the scraps/bits of food that fell to the floor when the rich man was eating.
He wished that he could be given some of the leftover food of the rich man to eat.

longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table: The poor man very much wanted to eat some of the food scraps that were thrown away after the rich man ate. The text does not say whether he ever received any of these leftover scraps.

the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates fairly literally as the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table probably refers to:

the chunks of bread on which people wiped their hands—they then threw this bread under the table;
the food that remained after the rich man and his guests had finished eating.

Servants probably gathered both kinds of food scraps along with bits of food that had fallen to the floor and threw them away. In your translation you may use an expression that refers to any of these kinds of food scraps. For example:

the small pieces of food that fell from the rich man’s table (NCV)

scraps from the rich man’s table (NLT)

food that they/servants threw away after the rich man finished eating

Be careful not to imply that Lazarus was lying under or near the table ready to eat the bits of food that fell. He was outside by the gate that led into the property.

16:21b

Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

Moreover, there were dogs that came there and licked his sores.
To make things worse, the dogs that came licked his sores.

Even the dogs came and licked his sores: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as Even in this context introduces another detail that describes the poor man’s miserable condition. He was not only hungry and covered with sores. He was also not able to drive away the dogs that came to lick the sores. Other ways to introduce this detail are:

In addition, the dogs came… (NET)

These were not his only difficulties, because even the dogs that came to where he was…

the dogs: The phrase the dogs refers to the wild street dogs that lived in ancient Palestine. They were not tame dogs, and people feared and disliked them.

Parallel LUKE 16:21

Section 16:19–31: Jesus told a parable about a rich man and a poor man

Paragraph 16:19–21

16:21a

16:21b