Luke 11:22

20 But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

21 When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.

But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted, and then he divides up his plunder.

23 He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

24 When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted, and then he divides up his plunder.
KJV
But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
WEB
But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted, and divides his plunder.
ASV
but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him his whole armor wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
DARBY
but when the stronger than he coming upon [him] overcomes him, he takes away his panoply in which he trusted, and he will divide the spoil [he has taken] from him.
BLB
But when one stronger than he, having come upon [him], might overcome him, he takes away his full armor in which he had trusted, and he divides his plunder.
ÅB
men når en som er sterkere enn han, kommer over ham og overvinner ham, da tar han hans fulle rustning, som han hadde satt sin lit til, og utdeler det rov han har tatt fra ham.
OTB
Men når en som er sterkere angriper og overmanner ham, tar han bort rustningen som mannen stolte på og deler hans bytte.
B1930
men når en som er sterkere enn han, kommer over ham og overvinner ham, da tar han hans fulle rustning, som han hadde satt sin lit til, og utdeler det rov han har tatt fra ham.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 49:24–25

    Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?

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  • Isaiah 53:12

    Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.

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  • Genesis 3:15

    And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

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  • 1 John 3:8

    The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.

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  • 1 John 4:4

    You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

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  • Colossians 2:15

    And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

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  • Isaiah 27:1

    In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent —Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.

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  • Isaiah 63:1–4

    Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”

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