Matthew 12:45 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMatthew 12:45 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
πορεύεται
poreúomai
G4198
to go
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
παραλαμβάνει
paralambánō
G3880
to receive
μεθ’
metá
G3326
with
ἑαυτοῦ
heautoû
G1438
himself
ἑπτὰ
heptá
G2033
seven
ἕτερα
héteros
G2087
another
πνεύματα
pneûma
G4151
spirit
πονηρότερα
ponērós
G4190
evil
ἑαυτοῦ
heautoû
G1438
himself
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
εἰσελθόντα
eisérchomai
G1525
to enter
κατοικεῖ
katoikéō
G2730
to dwell
ἐκεῖ
ekeî
G1563
there
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
γίνεται
gínomai
G1096
to become
τὰ
ho
G3588
the
ἔσχατα
éschatos
G2078
last
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
ἀνθρώπου
ánthrōpos
G444
human being
ἐκείνου
ekeînos
G1565
that one
χείρονα
cheírōn
G5501
worse
τῶν
ho
G3588
the
πρώτων
prōtos
G4413
first
οὕτως
hoútō
G3779
thus
ἔσται
eimí
G1510
to be
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
τῇ
ho
G3588
the
γενεᾷ
geneá
G1074
generation
ταύτῃ
hoûtos
G3778
this
τῇ
ho
G3588
the
πονηρᾷ
ponērós
G4190
evil
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World English Bible Public Domain
Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation."
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King James Version Public Domain
Then goeth he, and taketh with himself 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. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then it goes and takes along with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself and they having entered, it resides there. And the last things of that man become worse than the first things. Thus it will be also with this evil generation.”
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