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Luke 11:24

Spiritual warfare

22 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.

23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.

25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.

26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.

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BSB
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.’
KJV
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.
WEB
The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, ‘I will turn back to my house from which I came out.’
ASV
The unclean spirit when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and finding none, he saith, I will turn back unto my house whence I came out.
DARBY
When the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places seeking rest; and not finding [any] he says, I will return to my house whence I came out.
BLB
When the unclean spirit may go out from the man, it passes through waterless places, seeking rest. And not finding [it], then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came out.’
ÅB
Når den urene ånd er faret ut av et menneske, går den gjennom tørre steder og søker hvile, og når den ikke finner det, sier den: Jeg vil vende tilbake til mitt hus som jeg fór ut av.
OTB
"Når en uren ånd forlater en person, vandrer den gjennom vannløse steder og søker hvile, og når den ikke finner noen, sier den: 'Jeg vil vende tilbake til mitt hus som jeg kom fra.'
B1930
Når den urene ånd er faret ut av et menneske, går den gjennem tørre steder og søker hvile, og når den ikke finner det, sier den: Jeg vil vende tilbake til mitt hus som jeg fór ut av.

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Cross references

  • Matthew 12:43–45

    When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

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  • 1 Peter 5:8

    Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

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  • Job 2:2

    And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

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  • Psalms 63:1

    O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

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  • Mark 5:10

    And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.

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  • Job 1:7

    And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

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  • Isaiah 44:3

    For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

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  • Ephesians 2:2

    Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

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