Matthew 12:43 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴³ But when an evil spirit has been driven out of a person, it roams through desert regions trying to find rest but cannot find it.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴³ But when the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, it roams through dry [arid] places in search of rest, but it does not find any.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁴³ “When an unclean spirit leaves a person, it wanders through dry places looking for a place to rest. But it doesn’t find any.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴³ Now when an unclean spirit departs from a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and he does not find it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Matthew 12:43 Cross References

Matthew 12:44

Then it says [to itself], I will return to my house which I came out of [i.e., the body of the person it dominated]. But when it returns [to that body] it finds it empty, cleaned out and [newly] decorated.

Matthew 8:29

Suddenly they shouted out, “What do you want with us, you Son of God? Have you come here to torture us before it is time to?” [i.e., before our punishment is due. See II Pet. 2:4; Jude 6].

Acts 8:13

And [this] Simon also believed [Philip’s message] and was immersed. [After that] he continued [to travel] with Philip and was amazed by the [supernatural] signs and great miracles he saw [him perform].

1 Peter 5:8

Be sensible and alert; your enemy the devil is prowling around like a roaring [i.e., hungry] lion looking for someone to [kill and] eat.