Matthew 12:43 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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 (KJV), 1611
Matthew 12:43 in 6 Bible Translations
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Matthew 12:43 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““When an unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places seeking rest, and doesn’t find it.”
Matthew 12:43 — World English Bible
Matthew 12:43 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not. ”
Matthew 12:43 — American Standard Version
Matthew 12:43 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`And, when the unclean spirit may go forth from the man, it doth walk through dry places seeking rest, and doth not find;”
Matthew 12:43 — Young's Literal Translation
Matthew 12:43 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“But when the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and does not find [it]. ”
Matthew 12:43 — Darby Translation
Matthew 12:43 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Nowe when the vncleane spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh throughout drie places, seeking rest, and findeth none.”
Matthew 12:43 — Geneva Bible
Matthew 12:43 in Context — Matthew 12
41 The 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.
42 The 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.
43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
44 Then 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.
45 Then 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.
What Does Matthew 12:43 Mean?
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