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Matthew 12:43

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
Matthew 12:43 · King James Version

In other versions

  • But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not.

    ASV

  • But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of a man, goes through dry places looking for rest, and getting it not.

    BBE

  • But when the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and does not find [it].

    DBY

  • But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn't find it.

    WEB

  • `And, when the unclean spirit may go forth from the man, it doth walk through dry places seeking rest, and doth not find;

    YLT

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

    ENG

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

    WBT

  • When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.

    BSB

In context

41The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

42The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

43When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

44Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

45Then goeth he, and taketh with himself 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. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

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