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Luke 11:24

When 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.’

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ASV

The unclean spirit when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and finding none, he saith, I will turn back unto my house whence I came out.

KJV

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.

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Original language & word study

26 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ὍτανHotanWhenG3752 →
τὸtotheG3588 →
ἀκάθαρτονakathartonuncleanG169 →
πνεῦμαpneumaspiritG4151 →
ἐξέλθῃexelthēis gone outG1831 →
ἀπὸapofromG575 →
τοῦtoutheG3588 →
ἀνθρώπου,anthrōpouman,G444 →
διέρχεταιdierchetaiit passesG1330 →
δι᾽di᾽throughG1223 →
ἀνύδρωνanudrōnwaterlessG504 →
τόπωνtopōnplacesG5117 →
ζητοῦνzētounseekingG2212 →
ἀνάπαυσιν.anapausinrest.G372 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
μὴmēnotG3361 →
εὑρίσκονheuriskonfinding [any]G2147 →
τότεtotethenG5119 →
λέγει·legeiit says;G3004 →
ὑποστρέψωhupostrepsōI will returnG5290 →
εἰςeistoG1519 →
τὸνtontheG3588 →
οἶκόνoikonhouseG3624 →
μουmouof mineG3165 →
ὅθενhothenfrom whereG3606 →
ἐξῆλθον.exēlthonI came out.G1831 →

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Matthew 12:43–45When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.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.”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.1 Peter 5:8Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.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.”Mark 5:10And he begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of that region.Ephesians 2:2in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.Isaiah 57:20–21But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.Isaiah 48:22“There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”Mark 9:25When Jesus saw that a crowd had come running, He rebuked the unclean spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” He said, “I command you to come out and never enter him again.”Isaiah 35:1–2The wilderness and the land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.Isaiah 35:7The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.Isaiah 41:17–19The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.Proverbs 4:16For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.Ezekiel 47:8–11And 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.Judges 6:37–40then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”

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