Luke Chapter 16 verse 21 Holy Bible

ASV Luke 16:21

and desiring to be fed with the `crumbs' that fell from the rich man's table; yea, even the dogs come and licked his sores.
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BBE Luke 16:21

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.
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DARBY Luke 16:21

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.
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KJV Luke 16:21

And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
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WEB Luke 16:21

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.
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YLT Luke 16:21

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.
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Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(21) And desiring to be fed with the crumbs.--The habits of the East, the absence of knives and forks and the like, made the amount of waste of this kind larger than do the habits of modern Europe. (Comp. the language of the Syro-Ph?nician woman, in Mark 7:28.) Here the picture is heightened by two touches. The dogs are there, and get the crumbs, which the man fails to get, and then they come and lick the open sores. The question has been raised whether this touch is meant to intensify the sufferings of the beggar, or to contrast the almost human sympathy of the brute with the brutal apathy of the man. In a European apologue the latter might, perhaps, be a legitimate explanation of the fact thus stated; but with the Eastern feelings, that see in the dog an unclean beast, the scavenger of the streets, we cannot doubt that the beggar would have shrunk from their licking, even assuming, which is doubtful, that it brought with it some relief from merely physical pain. It may be noted, too, that the word for "dogs" is not the diminutive form used in Matthew 15:27, and Mark 7:28 (where see Note), which implied tameness, but that which is always associated with the idea of abhorrence (Matthew 7:6; Philippians 3:2; 2Peter 2:22; Revelation 22:15). . . . Parallel Commentaries ...Greekandκαὶ (kai)ConjunctionStrong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. longingἐπιθυμῶν (epithymōn)Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularStrong's 1937: To long for, covet, lust after, set the heart upon. From epi and thumos; to set the heart upon, i.e. Long for.to be fedχορτασθῆναι (chortasthēnai)Verb - Aorist Infinitive PassiveStrong's 5526: To feed, satisfy, fatten. From chortos; to fodder, i.e. to gorge.withἀπὸ (apo)PrepositionStrong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.theτῶν (tōn)Article - Genitive Neuter PluralStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.crumbs that fellπιπτόντων (piptontōn)Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Neuter PluralStrong's 4098: A reduplicated and contracted form of peto; probably akin to petomai through the idea of alighting; to fall.fromἀπὸ (apo)PrepositionStrong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.theτῆς (tēs)Article - Genitive Feminine SingularStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.rich man’sπλουσίου (plousiou)Adjective - Genitive Masculine SingularStrong's 4145: Rich, abounding in, wealthy; subst: a rich man. From ploutos; wealthy; figuratively, abounding with.table.τραπέζης (trapezēs)Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularStrong's 5132: Probably contracted from tessares and peze; a table or stool, usually for food; also a counter for money.Evenκαὶ (kai)ConjunctionStrong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. theοἱ (hoi)Article - Nominative Masculine PluralStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.dogsκύνες (kynes)Noun - Nominative Masculine PluralStrong's 2965: A dog, universally despised in the East. A primary word; a dog.cameἐρχόμενοι (erchomenoi)Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine PluralStrong's 2064: To come, go. [and] lickedἐπέλειχον (epeleichon)Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralStrong's 621: To lick off, lick clean, lick up. From apo and leicho; to lick clean.hisαὐτοῦ (autou)Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person SingularStrong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.sores.ἕλκη (helkē)Noun - Accusative Neuter PluralStrong's 1668: A (festering) sore, a wound. Probably from helkuo; an ulcer.Jump to PreviousBesides Bits Broken Covered Crumbs Desiring Dogs Eat Falling Fed Fell Floor Flung Food Full Licked Meal Moreover Rich Scraps Sores Table Tongues Used Wealth Wounds