Matthew 12:43
41 The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.
42 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.
When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.
44 Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ On its return, it finds the house vacant, swept clean, and put in order.
45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there; and the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So will it be with this wicked generation.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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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.
- KJV
- When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
- WEB
- “When an unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places seeking rest, and doesn’t find it.
- ASV
- But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not.
- DARBY
- But when the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and does not find [it].
- BLB
- Now when the unclean spirit may go out from the man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest and does not find [it].
- ÅB
- «Når en uren ånd har fart ut av et menneske går den gjennom tørre steder og søker hvile, men finner det ikke.
- OTB
- Når en uren ånd går ut av et menneske, vandrer den gjennom tørre steder og søker hvile, men finner det ikke.
- B1930
- Når den urene ånd er faret ut av et menneske, går den gjennem tørre steder og søker hvile, men finner den ikke.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 11:24–26
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.’
Read in contextLuke 8:28–32
When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You not to torture me!”
Read in contextMatthew 8:29
“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
Read in contextMark 5:7–13
And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”
Read in contextAmos 8:11–13
Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.
Read in contextIsaiah 35:6–7
Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
Read in context1 Peter 5:8
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
Read in contextJob 2:2
“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”
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