43But when the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and does not find it.


In Context

40 For even as Jonas was in the belly of the great fish three days and three nights, thus shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

41 Ninevites shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas is here.

42 A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, more than Solomon is here.

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

44 Then he says, I will return to my house whence I came out; and having come, he finds it unoccupied, swept, and adorned.

45 Then he goes and takes with himself seven other spirits worse than himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first. Thus shall it be to this wicked generation also.

Matthew 12:43 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:43"When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:43And when an unclean spirit is gone out of a man he walketh through dry places seeking rest, and findeth none.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:43But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:43But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:43But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn't find it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:43'And, when the unclean spirit may go forth from the man, it doth walk through dry places seeking rest, and doth not find;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:43When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none.