Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageBut when he came to his senses, he said, "How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, while I am dying of hunger here!
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GBut coming to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired workers have bread in abundance, while I am perishing here with hunger!
KJV
King James VersionAnd 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!
BSB
Berean Standard BibleFinally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food, but here I am, starving to death!
Footnotes
eis heauton de elthōn — literally "coming into himself," a Greek idiom for recovering one's reason and true identity. The prodigal's awakening is not merely pragmatic recalculation; it is an ontological return — he comes back to who he actually is. Crucially, the verb "perishing" (apollumai) is the same root as "lost" (apolōlōs) used in all three parables: sheep, coin, and son are all apollumi — undone, destroyed. His physical hunger makes his spiritual lostness visible and names it.
