Matthew 12:43

An Unclean Spirit Returns

42The 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.43When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.44Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ On its return, it finds the house vacant, swept clean, and put in order.

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Berean Standard Bible
When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.
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.
Bible in Basic English
But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of a man, goes through dry places looking for rest, and getting it not.
Douay-Rheims 1899
And when an unclean spirit is gone out of a man he walketh through dry places seeking rest, and findeth none.
Free Bible Version
When an evil spirit leaves someone, it wanders through deserted places looking for rest, and finds nowhere to stay.
Geneva Bible 1599
Nowe when the vncleane spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh throughout drie places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
King James (Authorized) Version
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
One Unity Resource Bible
“When an unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and does not find it.
Translation for Translators
“Sometimes when an evil spirit leaves a person, it wanders around in desolate areas, seeking someone in whom it can rest. If it does not find anyone,
Unlocked Literal Bible
When an unclean spirit has gone away from a man, it passes through waterless places and looks for rest, but does not find it.
Noah Webster Bible
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and he findeth none.
World English Bible
“When an unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places seeking rest, and doesn’t find it.
Young's Literal Translation
'And, when the unclean spirit may go forth from the man, it doth walk through dry places seeking rest, and doth not find;