An Unclean Spirit Returns
Matthew 12:43
In 9 translations
- 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.
- LSV
- And when the unclean spirit may go forth from the man, it walks through dry places seeking rest and does not find;
- YLT
- 'And, when the unclean spirit may go forth from the man, it doth walk through dry places seeking rest, and doth not find;
- DBY
- But when the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and does not find [it].
- DRC
- And when an unclean spirit is gone out of a man he walketh through dry places seeking rest, and findeth none.
- GNV
- Nowe when the vncleane spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh throughout drie places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Ὅταν δὲ τὸ ἀκάθαρτον πνεῦμα ἐξέλθῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, διέρχεται διʼ ἀνύδρων τόπων ζητοῦν ἀνάπαυσιν, καὶ οὐχ εὑρίσκει.
- RP2018
- Ὅταν δὲ τὸ ἀκάθαρτον πνεῦμα ἐξέλθῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, διέρχεται δι’ ἀνύδρων τόπων, ζητοῦν ἀνάπαυσιν, καὶ οὐχ εὑρίσκει.
- TR-Boyd
- Ὅταν δὲ τὸ ἀκάθαρτον πνεῦμα ἐξέλθῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, διέρχεται δι᾿ ἀνύδρων τόπων, ζητοῦν ἀνάπαυσιν, καὶ οὐχ εὑρίσκει.
- SCR1894
- οταν δε το ακαθαρτον πνευμα εξελθη απο του ανθρωπου διερχεται δι ανυδρων τοπων ζητουν αναπαυσιν και ουχ ευρισκει
Who and where
◆ Blind and Dumb Demoniac and Following Discourse
People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
DaemonTitles and Names of the DevilAzazelDemon; Demoniac; DemonologyParablesDemonsSpiritSatanRegenerationJesus, the Christ
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Cross-references most cited first
- Luke 11:24–26When 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.’ On its return, it finds the house swept clean and put in…
- Luke 8:28–32When 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!” For Jesus had commanded the unclean…
- Matthew 8:29“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
- Amos 8:11–13Behold, 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. People will stagger from sea to sea…
- Mark 5:7–13And 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!” For Jesus had already declared, “Come out of this man, you unclean spirit!” “What is…
- Job 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.”
- 1 Peter 5:8Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
- Isaiah 35:6–7Then 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. The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of…
- Isaiah 41:18I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.
- Job 1:7“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”
- Ezekiel 47:8–12And he said to me, “This water flows out to the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah. When it empties into the Sea, the water there becomes fresh. Wherever the river flows, there will be swarms of living…
- Psalms 63:1O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
- Acts 8:13Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip closely and was astounded by the great signs and miracles he observed.
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