Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

New American Standard Bible

If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

King James Version

And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

Holman Bible

If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

A Conservative Version

And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

American Standard Version

And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

Amplified

If a kingdom is divided [split into factions and rebelling] against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

An Understandable Version

And if a kingdom is plagued by internal division, it will never survive.

Anderson New Testament

And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom can not stand.

Bible in Basic English

If there is division in a kingdom, that kingdom will come to destruction;

Common New Testament

If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

Daniel Mace New Testament

if a kingdom be divided against it self, that kingdom cannot last.

Darby Translation

And if a kingdom has become divided against itself, that kingdom cannot subsist.

Godbey New Testament

And if a kingdom may be divided against itself, that kingdom is not able to stand,

Goodspeed New Testament

If a kingdom is disunited, that kingdom cannot last.

John Wesley New Testament

If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

Julia Smith Translation

And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

King James 2000

And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom is not able to stand.

Modern King James verseion

And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For if a realm be divided against itself, that realm cannot endure.

Moffatt New Testament

If a realm is divided against itself, that realm cannot stand:

Montgomery New Testament

If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand;

NET Bible

If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom will not be able to stand.

New Heart English Bible

And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

Noyes New Testament

And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand;

Sawyer New Testament

And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand;

The Emphasized Bible

And, if a kingdom against itself be divided, that kingdom cannot be made to stand;

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Even if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand:

Twentieth Century New Testament

When a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot last;

Webster

And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

Weymouth New Testament

For if civil war breaks out in a kingdom, nothing can make that kingdom last;

Williams New Testament

If a kingdom is disunited, that kingdom cannot last.

World English Bible

If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

Worrell New Testament

And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

Worsley New Testament

If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand:

Youngs Literal Translation

and if a kingdom against itself be divided, that kingdom cannot be made to stand;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

if
ἐάν 
Ean 
Usage: 155

βασιλεία 
Basileia 
Usage: 54

be divided
μερίζω 
merizo 
Usage: 8

ἐπί 
Epi 
on, in, upon, unto, to,
Usage: 644

ἑαυτοῦ 
heautou 
Usage: 249

ἐκεῖνος 
Ekeinos 
that, those, he, the same, they,
Usage: 148

βασιλεία 
Basileia 
Usage: 54

οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

References

Hastings

Context Readings

A House Divided Cannot Stand

23 So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables. "How can Satan drive out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a household is divided against itself, that household won't stand.


Cross References

Judges 9:23-57

Then God sent an evil spirit to divide Abimelech and the "lords" of Shechem

Judges 12:1-6

A little while later, the army of Ephraim was mustered, and they crossed to Zaphon. They confronted Jephthah and asked, "Why did you cross over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to accompany you? We're going to burn your house down around you!"

2 Samuel 20:1

Right about then, Bichri's son Sheba, an ungodly man from the tribe of Benjamin, sounded a battle trumpet and announced: We've never been a part of David! We'll never gain anything from Jesse's son! It's every man to his tent, Israel!

2 Samuel 20:6

So David told Abishai, "Now Bichri's son Sheba is about to do more damage than did Absalom. So take my personal guards and go after them. Otherwise, he'll run to one of the fortified cities and escape from us."

1 Kings 12:16-20

When all of Israel saw that the king wasn't listening to them, the people responded to the king's message, "What's the point in following David? We have no inheritance in the descendants of Jesse. Let's go home, Israel! David, take care of your own household!' So Israel left for home.

Isaiah 9:20-21

They cut meat on the right, but they're still hungry, and they devour also on the left, but they're not satisfied; each devours the flesh of his own children.

Isaiah 19:2-3

I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians, and everyone will fight against his brother, everyone against his neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.

Ezekiel 37:22

I'm going to make them a united people in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and I'll set a single king to rule over them. They'll never again be two separate people. They'll never again be divided into two kingdoms.

Zechariah 11:14

So I took the 30 shekels of silver and threw them into the treasury of the Temple of the LORD. Then I broke my second staff the one I had named "Union" - breaking the union between the house of Judah and the house of Israel.

John 17:21

so that they may all be one. Just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be one in us, so that the world may believe that you sent me.

1 Corinthians 1:10-13

Brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, I urge all of you to be in agreement and not to have divisions among you, so that you may be perfectly united in your understanding and opinions.

Ephesians 4:3-6

Do your best to maintain the unity of the Spirit by means of the bond of peace.

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