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Luke 16:21

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 21 and desiring to be filled with the things dropping from the table of the rich man. Yes, even the dogs would come and lick his ulcers.

Luke 16:21

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 21 καὶ and ἐπιθυμῶν desiring χορτασθῆναι to be satiated ἀπὸ from τῶν the (things) πιπτόντων falling ἀπὸ from τῆς the τραπέζης table τοῦ of the πλουσίου· rich (one); ἀλλὰ but καὶ also οἱ the κύνες dogs ἐρχόμενοι coming ἐπέλειχον were licking τὰ the ἕλκη ulcers αὐτοῦ. of him.

Luke 16:21

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 21 and desiring to be filled with the things dropping from the table of the rich man. Yes, too, the dogs would come and lick his ulcers.

Luke 16:21

The Bible in Living English
- 21 and wishing he could have a meal out of what dropped on the floor from the rich man’s table; yes, and the dogs too came and licked over his sores.

Luke 16:21

American Standard Version
- 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.

Luke 16:21

The Emphasized Bible
- 21 and to long to be fed from the crumbs that fell from the table of the rich man: nay! even the dogs used to come and lick his sores.

Luke 16:21

King James Version
- 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.

Luke Study Notes—Chapter 16

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 16:21
  
  dogs: According to the Mosaic Law, dogs were unclean. (Le 11:27) The dogs that licked the beggar’s sores were apparently scavengers that roamed the streets. In the Hebrew Scriptures, the term “dog” is often used in a derogatory sense. (De 23:18, ftn.; 1Sa 17:43; 24:14; 2Sa 9:8; 2Ki 8:13; Pr 26:11) At Mt 7:6, the expression “dogs” is figuratively used of people who do not value spiritual treasures. Because dogs were unclean animals to the Jews and thus have an unfavorable figurative sense in the Bible, the mention of “dogs” in this illustration clearly indicates the low state of the beggar named Lazarus.—See study notes on Mt 7:6; 15:26.