Parallel Verses

Amplified

If Satan casts out Satan [that is, his demons], he has become divided against himself and disunited; how then will his kingdom stand?

New American Standard Bible

If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand?

King James Version

And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?

Holman Bible

If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

International Standard Version

So if Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How, then, can his kingdom stand?

A Conservative Version

And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

American Standard Version

and if Satan casteth out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand?

An Understandable Version

If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself, [so] how then can his kingdom stand?

Anderson New Testament

And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand?

Bible in Basic English

And if Satan sends out Satan, he makes war against himself; how then will he keep his kingdom?

Common New Testament

If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

Daniel Mace New Testament

if satan expels satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom last?

Darby Translation

And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom subsist?

Godbey New Testament

And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand?

Goodspeed New Testament

If Satan is driving Satan out, he is disunited, and so how can his kingdom last?

John Wesley New Testament

And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself: how then shall his kingdom stand?

Julia Smith Translation

And if Satan casts out Satan, he was divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand?

King James 2000

And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?

Lexham Expanded Bible

And if Satan expels Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

Modern King James verseion

And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

So if Satan cast out Satan, then is he at variance within himself. How shall then his kingdom endure?

Moffatt New Testament

and if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then can his realm stand?

Montgomery New Testament

"So if Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand?

NET Bible

So if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

New Heart English Bible

And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

Noyes New Testament

And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand?

Sawyer New Testament

If Satan casts out Satan he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?

The Emphasized Bible

And, if, Satan, is casting, Satan, out, against himself, hath he become divided, - How then shall, his kingdom, stand?

Thomas Haweis New Testament

so if Satan cast out Satan; he is divided against himself; how then can his kingdom subsist?

Twentieth Century New Testament

So, if Satan drives Satan out, he must be divided against himself; and how, then, can his kingdom last?

Webster

And if Satan casteth out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand?

Weymouth New Testament

And if Satan is expelling Satan, he has begun to make war on himself: how therefore shall his kingdom last?

Williams New Testament

Now if Satan is driving out Satan, he has become disunited; how then can his kingdom last?

World English Bible

If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

Worrell New Testament

And, if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how, then, shall his kingdom stand

Worsley New Testament

if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand?

Youngs Literal Translation

and if the Adversary doth cast out the Adversary, against himself he was divided, how then doth his kingdom 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
εἰ 
Ei 
if, whether, that, not tr,
Usage: 218

Σατανᾶς 
Satanas 
Σατανᾶς 
Satanas 
Usage: 16
Usage: 16

ἐκβάλλω 
Ekballo 
Usage: 43

he is divided
μερίζω 
merizo 
Usage: 8

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

ἑαυτοῦ 
heautou 
Usage: 249

how
πῶς 
Pos 
Usage: 65

ἵστημι 
histemi 
Usage: 129

οὖν 
Oun 
therefore, then, so, and, now, wherefore, but, not tr,
Usage: 417

his

Usage: 0

βασιλεία 
Basileia 
Usage: 54

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

A House Divided Cannot Stand

25 Knowing their thoughts Jesus said to them, “Any kingdom that is divided against itself is being laid waste; and no city or house divided against itself will [continue to] stand. 26 If Satan casts out Satan [that is, his demons], he has become divided against himself and disunited; how then will his kingdom stand? 27 If I cast out the demons by [the help of] Beelzebul (Satan), by whom do your sons drive them out? For this reason they will be your judges.


Cross References

Matthew 4:10

Then Jesus said to him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written and forever remains written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only.’”

John 12:31

Now judgment is upon this world [the sentence is being passed]. Now the ruler of this world (Satan) will be cast out.

John 14:30

I will not speak with you much longer, for the ruler of the world (Satan) is coming. And he has no claim on Me [no power over Me nor anything that he can use against Me];

John 16:11

about judgment [the certainty of it], because the ruler of this world (Satan) has been judged and condemned.

2 Corinthians 4:4

among them the god of this world [Satan] has blinded the minds of the unbelieving to prevent them from seeing the illuminating light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Colossians 1:13

For He has rescued us and has drawn us to Himself from the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,

1 John 5:19

We know [for a fact] that we are of God, and the whole world [around us] lies in the power of the evil one [opposing God and His precepts].

Revelation 9:11

They have as king over them, the angel of the abyss (the bottomless pit); in Hebrew his name is Abaddon (destruction), and in Greek he is called Apollyon (destroyer-king).

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was thrown down, the age-old serpent who is called the devil and Satan, he who continually deceives and seduces the entire inhabited world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

Revelation 16:10

Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was plunged into darkness; and people gnawed their tongues because of the pain [of their excruciating anguish and severe torment],

Revelation 20:2-3

And he overpowered and laid hold of the dragon, that old serpent [of primeval times], who is the devil and Satan, and bound him [securely] for a thousand years (a millennium);

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