Parallel Verses

Twentieth Century New Testament

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

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?

Amplified

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

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 Jesus, however, was aware of what was passing in their minds, and said to them: "Any kingdom divided against itself becomes a desolation, and any town or household divided against itself will not last. 26  So, if Satan drives Satan out, he must be divided against himself; and how, then, can his kingdom last? 27 And, if it is by Baal-zebub's help that I drive out demons, by whose help is it that your own sons drive them out? Therefore they shall themselves be your judges.

Cross References

Matthew 4:10

Then Jesus said to him: "Begone, Satan! for Scripture says-- 'Thou shalt do homage to the Lord thy God, and worship him only.'"

John 12:31

Now this world is on its trial. Now the Spirit that is ruling this world shall be driven out;

John 14:30

I shall not talk with you much more, for the Spirit that is ruling the world is coming. He has nothing in common with me;

John 16:11

As to Judgment, for the Spirit that is ruling this world has been condemned.

2 Corinthians 4:4

Men whose minds have been blinded by the God of this Age, unbelievers as they are, so that the light from the Good News of the glory of the Christ, who is the very incarnation of God, should not shine for them.

Colossians 1:13

For God has rescued us from the tyranny of Darkness, and has removed us into the Kingdom of his Son, who is the embodiment of his love,

1 John 5:19

We realize that we come from God, while all the world is under the influence of the Evil One.

Revelation 9:11

They have as their king the Angel of the bottomless pit, whose name, in Hebrew, is 'Abaddon,' while, in Greek, his name is 'Apollyon' (the Destroyer).

Revelation 12:9

Then the great Dragon, the primeval Serpent, known as the 'Devil' and 'Satan,' who deceives all the world, was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.

Revelation 16:10

Then the fifth angel emptied his bowl upon the throne of the Beast; and darkness fell upon its Kingdom. Men gnawed their tongues for pain,

Revelation 20:2-3

He seized the Dragon, the primeval Serpent (who is the 'Devil' or 'Satan'), and bound him in chains for a thousand years.

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