Luke 11:26 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
Then he goeth and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and entering in they dwell there. And the last state of that man becomes worse than the first.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
Then he goes, and he takes in seven other spirits with him, more wicked than himself, and they enter and live there. And so, the end of that man is made worse than the beginning.”
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
Then he goes and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first.”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Then he goes and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first.”
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Then goeth he, and taketh [to him] seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last [state] of that man is worse than the first.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
Then goeth he, and taketh [to him ]seven other spirits more evil than himself; and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
Then goeth he, and taketh [to him] seven other spirits more evil than himself; and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first.
LSV Literal Standard Version
then it goes, and takes to it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having entered, they dwell there, and the last of that man becomes worse than the first.”
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
Then he goes and takes seven other spirits worse than himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Then he goeth and taketh [to him] seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last [state] of that man is worse than the first.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Then goeth hee, and taketh to him seuen other spirites worse then himselfe: and they enter in, and dwel there: so the last state of that man is worse then the first.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
Then it goes and takes along with it seven other spirits more evil than itself and they all come in to live there. Then the final condition of that man becomes worse than the first.”
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)
Then goeth he and taketh to him seve other spretes worsse then himsilfe: and they enter in and dwell there. And the ende of that man is worsse then the begynninge.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
then doth it go, and take to it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having entered, they dwell there, and the last of that man becometh worst than the first.'
FBV Free Bible Version
So it goes and finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there. In the end that man is worse off than before.”
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
Then he goes and gets seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they go in, and take their places there: and the last condition of that man is worse than the first.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Entónces va, y toma consigo otros siete espíritus, peores que él, y entran dentro, y moran allí. Y lo postrero de aquel hombre es peor que lo primero.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces va, y toma otros siete espíritus peores que él; y entrados, habitan allí: y lo postrero del tal hombre es peor que lo primero.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Así que va y trae otros siete espíritus peores que él, y todos entran a vivir allí. Y al final, esta persona está peor que al principio».
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Entonces va y toma consigo otros siete espíritus peores que él, entran y habitan allí. Las últimas cosas de aquel hombre son peores que las primeras.
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)
Entonces va y busca a otros siete espíritus peores que él, y ellos vienen a vivir allí. Y al final ese hombre llega a ser peor que como era antes”.
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)
Entonces va y toma otros siete espíritus peores que él; entran y viven allí. Y el estado final de aquella persona llega a ser peor que el primero.
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)
τότε πορεύεται καὶ παραλαμβάνει ἑπτὰ ἕτερα πνεύματα πονηρότερα ἑαυτοῦ, καὶ εἰσελθόντα κατοικεῖ ἐκεῖ, καὶ γίνεται τὰ ἔσχατα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκείνου χείρονα τῶν πρώτων.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
τοτε πορευεται και παραλαμβανει επτα ετερα πνευματα πονηροτερα εαυτου, και εισελθοντα κατοικει εκει, και γινεται τα εσχατα του ανθρωπου εκεινου χειρονα των πρωτων.
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)
Τότε πορεύεται καὶ παραλαμβάνει ἑπτὰ ἕτερα πνεύματα πονηρότερα ἑαυτοῦ, καὶ εἰσελθόντα κατοικεῖ ἐκεῖ· καὶ γίνεται τὰ ἔσχατα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκείνου χείρονα τῶν πρώτων.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
τοτε πορευεται και παραλαμβανει επτα ετερα πνευματα πονηροτερα εαυτου και ελθοντα κατοικει εκει και γινεται τα εσχατα του ανθρωπου εκεινου χειρονα των πρωτων
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
τότε πορεύεται καὶ παραλαμβάνει ἕτερα πνεύματα πονηρότερα ἑαυτοῦ ἑπτά, καὶ εἰσελθόντα κατοικεῖ ἐκεῖ, καὶ γίνεται τὰ ἔσχατα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκείνου χείρονα τῶν πρώτων.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
τότε πορεύεται καὶ παραλαμβάνει ⸂ἕτερα πνεύματα πονηρότερα ἑαυτοῦ ἑπτά, καὶ ⸀εἰσελθόντα κατοικεῖ ἐκεῖ, καὶ γίνεται τὰ ἔσχατα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκείνου χείρονα τῶν πρώτων.
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
Tunc vadit, et assumit septem alios spiritus secum, nequiores se, et ingressi habitant ibi. Et fiunt novissima hominis illius pejora prioribus.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
тогда̀ и҆́детъ и҆ по́йметъ се́дмь дрꙋги́хъ дꙋхѡ́въ го́ршихъ себє̀, и҆ вше́дше живꙋ́тъ тꙋ̀: и҆ быва́ютъ послѣ̑днѧѧ человѣ́кꙋ томꙋ̀ гѡ́рша пе́рвыхъ.
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)
тогда идет и берет с собою семь других духов, злейших себя, и, войдя, живут там, — и бывает для человека того последнее хуже первого.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Τότε υπάγει και παραλαμβάνει επτά άλλα πνεύματα πονηρότερα εαυτού, και εισελθόντα κατοικούσιν εκεί, και γίνονται τα έσχατα του ανθρώπου εκείνου χειρότερα των πρώτων.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Тада отиде и узме седам других духова горих од себе, и ушавши живе онде; и буде потоње човеку оном горе од првог.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Tada otide i uzme sedam drugih duhova gorih od sebe, i ušavši žive onde; i bude potonje čoveku onom gore od prvog.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
ثُمَّ يَذْهَبُ وَيَأْخُذُ سَبْعَةَ أَرْوَاحٍ أُخَرَ أَشَرَّ مِنْهُ، فَتَدْخُلُ وَتَسْكُنُ هُنَاكَ، فَتَصِيرُ أَوَاخِرُ ذَلِكَ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ أَشَرَّ مِنْ أَوَائِلِهِ!».
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC