Luke 11:24 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through places without water, seeking rest; and not finding, he saith: I will return into my house whence I came out.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
When an unclean spirit has departed from a man, he walks through waterless places, seeking rest. And not finding any, he says: ‘I will return to my house, from which I departed.’
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, ‘I will turn back to my house from which I came out.’
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, ‘I will turn back to my house from which I came out.’
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
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.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
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.’
BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.’
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
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.
LSV Literal Standard Version
When the unclean spirit may go forth from the man, it walks through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding, it says, I will return to my house from where I came forth;
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
When the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places seeking rest; and not finding [any] he says, I will return to my house whence I came out.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
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 to my house whence I came out.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
When the vncleane spirite is gone out of a man, he walketh through drie places, seeking rest: and when he findeth none he saieth, I wil returne vnto mine house whence I came out.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
When an unclean spirit has gone away from a man, it passes through waterless places and looks for rest. Finding none, it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
When the vnclene sprete is gone out of a man he walketh through waterlesse places sekinge reest. And when he fyndeth none he sayeth: I will returne agayne vnto my housse whence I came out.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
'When the unclean spirit may go forth from the man it walketh through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding, it saith, I will turn back to my house whence I came forth;
FBV Free Bible Version
When an evil spirit leaves someone, it goes through the desert looking for a place to stay. When it doesn't find anywhere, it says, ‘I'll return to the house I left.’
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of a man, goes through dry places, looking for rest; and when he does not get it, he says, I will go back to my house from which I came.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Quando el espíritu inmundo ha salido de un hombre, anda por lugares secos buscando reposo: y quando no lo halla, dice: Me volveré á mi casa, de donde salí.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Cuando el espíritu inmundo saliere del hombre, anda por lugares secos, buscando reposo; y no hallándolo, dice: Me volveré á mi casa de donde salí.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
»Cuando un espíritu maligno sale de una persona, anda por lugares áridos buscando donde descansar. Y cuando no lo encuentra, dice: “Volveré a mi casa, de donde salí”.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Cuando el espíritu impuro sale del hombre, va por lugares secos y busca reposo. Al no hallarlo, dice: Regresaré a mi casa de donde salí.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
“Cuando un espíritu maligno sale de alguien, anda por el desierto buscando un lugar donde quedarse. Pero cuando no encuentra lugar, dice: ‘Regresaré a la casa de donde salí’.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Cuando el espíritu inmundo sale de una persona, anda por lugares secos buscando descanso. Al no encontrarlo, dice: Volveré a mi casa de donde salí.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
Ὅταν τὸ ἀκάθαρτον πνεῦμα ἐξέλθῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, διέρχεται δι᾽ ἀνύδρων τόπων ζητοῦν ἀνάπαυσιν, καὶ μὴ εὑρίσκον λέγει· ὑποστρέψω εἰς τὸν οἶκόν μου ὅθεν ἐξῆλθον·
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
οταν το ακαθαρτον πνευμα εξελθη απο του ανθρωπου, διερχεται δι ανυδρων τοπων ζητουν αναπαυσιν, και μη ευρισκον λεγει· υποστρεψω εις τον οικον μου οθεν εξηλθον·
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Ὅταν τὸ ἀκάθαρτον πνεῦμα ἐξέλθῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, διέρχεται δι᾿ ἀνύδρων τόπων, ζητοῦν ἀνάπαυσιν· καὶ μὴ εὑρίσκον λέγει, Ὑποστρέψω εἰς τὸν οἶκόν μου ὅθεν ἐξῆλθον.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
οταν το ακαθαρτον πνευμα εξελθη απο του ανθρωπου διερχεται δι ανυδρων τοπων ζητουν αναπαυσιν και μη ευρισκον λεγει υποστρεψω εισ τον οικον μου οθεν εξηλθον
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
Ὅταν τὸ ἀκάθαρτον πνεῦμα ἐξέλθῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, διέρχεται δι’ ἀνύδρων τόπων ζητοῦν ἀνάπαυσιν, καὶ μὴ εὑρίσκον λέγει Ὑποστρέψω εἰς τὸν οἶκόν μου ὅθεν ἐξῆλθον·
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
Ὅταν τὸ ἀκάθαρτον πνεῦμα ἐξέλθῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, διέρχεται διʼ ἀνύδρων τόπων ζητοῦν ἀνάπαυσιν, καὶ μὴ ⸀εὑρίσκον λέγει· Ὑποστρέψω εἰς τὸν οἶκόν μου ὅθεν ἐξῆλθον·
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Cum immundus spiritus exierit de homine, ambulat per loca inaquosa, quærens requiem: et non inveniens dicit: Revertar in domum meam unde exivi.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Є҆гда́ (же) нечи́стый дꙋ́хъ и҆зы́детъ ѿ человѣ́ка, прехо́дитъ сквозѣ̀ безвѡ́днаѧ мѣ̑ста, и҆щѧ̀ поко́ѧ: и҆ не ѡ҆брѣта́ѧ, глаго́летъ: возвращꙋ́сѧ въ до́мъ мо́й, ѿню́дꙋже и҆зыдо́хъ.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Когда нечистый дух выйдет из человека, то ходит по безводным местам, ища покоя, и, не находя, говорит: возвращусь в дом мой, откуда вышел;
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Όταν το ακάθαρτον πνεύμα εξέλθη από του ανθρώπου, διέρχεται δι' ανύδρων τόπων και ζητεί ανάπαυσιν, και μη ευρίσκον λέγει· ας υποστρέψω εις τον οίκον μου όθεν εξήλθον·
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Кад нечисти дух изиђе из човека, иде кроз безводна места тражећи покоја, и не нашавши рече: Да се вратим у дом свој откуда сам изишао;
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Kad nečisti duh iziđe iz čoveka, ide kroz bezvodna mesta tražeći pokoja, i ne našavši reče: Da se vratim u dom svoj otkuda sam izišao;
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
مَتَى خَرَجَ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلنَّجِسُ مِنَ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ، يَجْتَازُ فِي أَمَاكِنَ لَيْسَ فِيهَا مَاءٌ يَطْلُبُ رَاحَةً، وَإِذْ لَا يَجِدُ يَقُولُ: أَرْجِعُ إِلَى بَيْتِي ٱلَّذِي خَرَجْتُ مِنْهُ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC