Matthew 12:44 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMatthew 12:44 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
τότε
tóte
G5119
then
λέγει
légō
G3004
to say
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
τὸν
ho
G3588
the
οἶκόν
oîkos
G3624
house
μου
egṓ
G1473
I
ἐπιστρέψω
epistréphō
G1994
to turn
ὅθεν
hóthen
G3606
from which
ἐξῆλθον
exérchomai
G1831
to come forth
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἐλθὸν
érchomai
G2064
to come
εὑρίσκει
heurískō
G2147
to find
σχολάζοντα
scholázō
G4980
to be idle
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
σεσαρωμένον
saróō
G4563
to sweep
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
κεκοσμημένον
kosméō
G2885
to arrange
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Then he says, 'I will return into my house from which I came out,' and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.
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King James Version Public Domain
Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came out.’ And having come, it finds being empty, having been swept out and put in order.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).