Luke 11:25

Simplified Cowboy Version

If it finds no one, it will come back to the one it left.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Returning, it finds the house swept and put in order.

King James Version (1611)
And when hee commeth, hee findeth it swept and garnished.

King James Version
And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.

English Standard Version
And when it comes, it finds the house swept and put in order.

New American Standard Bible
"And when it comes, it finds it swept and put in order.

New Century Version
And when it comes back, it finds that house swept clean and made neat.

Amplified Bible
"And when it comes, it finds the place swept and put in order.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And when it comes, it finds it swept and put in order.

Legacy Standard Bible
And when it comes, it finds it swept and put in order.

Berean Standard Bible
On its return, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.

Contemporary English Version
When it gets there and finds the place clean and fixed up,

Complete Jewish Bible
When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.

Darby Translation
And having come, he finds it swept and adorned.

Easy-to-Read Version
When it comes back, it finds that home all neat and clean.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.

George Lamsa Translation
And if it should come and find it warm and well furnished,

Good News Translation
So it goes back and finds the house clean and all fixed up.

Lexham English Bible
And when it arrives it finds the house swept and put in order.

Literal Translation
And coming, he finds it having been swept and having been decorated.

American Standard Version
And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished.

Bible in Basic English
And when he comes, he sees that it has been made fair and clean.

Hebrew Names Version
When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.

International Standard Version
When it arrives, it finds it swept clean and put in order.

Etheridge Translation
And when he cometh he findeth it swept and ornamented.

Murdock Translation
And when he cometh, he findeth it swept clean and set in order.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when he commeth, he fyndeth it swept and garnisshed.

English Revised Version
And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished.

World English Bible
When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And coming he findeth it swept and garnished.

Weymouth's New Testament
and when it comes, it finds the house swept clean and in good order.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne he cometh, he fyndith it clansid with besyms, and fayre arayed.

Update Bible Version
And when it comes, it finds it swept and garnished.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when he cometh, he findeth [it] swept and garnished.

New English Translation
When it returns, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.

New King James Version
And when he comes, he finds it swept and put in order.

New Living Translation
So it returns and finds that its former home is all swept and in order.

New Life Bible
When the demon comes back, it finds the house cleaned and looking good.

New Revised Standard
When it comes, it finds it swept and put in order.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, coming, findeth it, empty,swept, and adorned.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished.

Revised Standard Version
And when he comes he finds it swept and put in order.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And when he cometh he fyndeth it swept and garnissed.

Young's Literal Translation
and having come, it findeth [it] swept and adorned;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan he commeth, he fyndeth it swepte, and garnished.

Mace New Testament (1729)
and at his return he findeth it swept and garnished.

Contextual Overview

¹⁴One day Jesus was kickin' a demon out of a guy, and when it was gone, he began to talk. ¹⁵Some folks started a rumor that said, "He can kick demons out of people because he rides for the devil." ¹⁶Many folks wanted more proof and more miracles to prove Jesus had come from God. ¹⁷Jesus was not oblivious to their thinking. He told 'em, "Any outfit that can't get along will fail. A crew that fights will fall apart. ¹⁸You say I ride for the devil, but if I'm fightin' the one I ride for, how can his crew succeed? ¹⁹And if I'm ridin' for Satan, then what about your people who cast out demons too? Are they ridin' for the devil also? If they hear what you're saying they ain't gonna like it much, ²⁰but if I am working for the Boss in heaven, then his outfit has arrived on earth. ²¹When a cowboy rides shotgun over his herd, everything is safe. ²²That is until someone sneaks up on him and takes his weapon, his horse, and all his herd. ²³"Anyone who doesn't ride for me is against me. If you don't gather with me, then you are scattering it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he findeth: 2 Chronicles 24:17-22, Psalms 36:3, Psalms 81:11, Psalms 81:12, Psalms 125:5, Matthew 12:44, Matthew 12:45, 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12, 2 Peter 2:10-19, Jude 1:8 -13

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. In Matthew it is also said to be "empty"; and so it is read here in the Arabic version; and in the Ethiopic version, "empty of men": but rather the sense is, that he found it empty of all goodness, notwithstanding all the sweeping and garnish of an outward reformation. The Persic version renders it, "heated and prepared"; heated with wrath and fury against Christ, and his Gospel, and so was prepared and fitted to be a proper habitation for Satan; and in such a case as this was the Jewish nation from the time of Christ's death to the destruction of Jerusalem; :-

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 12:43-45.