Parallel Verses

An Understandable Version

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

Amplified

If Satan casts out Satan [that is, his demons], he has become divided against himself and disunited; how then will 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, "Every kingdom [plagued] with internal division will end in ruin. And every city or household divided from within will not survive. 26 If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself, [so] how then can his kingdom stand? 27 And if I drive out evil spirits by [the power of] Beelzebub, by whom do they [i.e., your people] drive them out? So, they become your judges.


Cross References

Matthew 4:10

Then Jesus replied to him, "Get away from me Satan, for it is written [Deut. 6:13], 'You are supposed to worship the Lord your God, and serve only Him.'"

John 12:31

Judgment is now coming to this world; the prince of this world [i.e., Satan] will now be driven out.

John 14:30

I will not speak with you very much anymore because the ruler of the world [i.e., Satan] is coming, and he has no control over me.

John 16:11

[And it will be shown] judgment, because the ruler of this world [i.e., Satan. See 12:31] has been condemned [i.e., by Jesus' death and resurrection].

2 Corinthians 4:4

For the god of this world [i.e., Satan] has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they would not see the light of the Gospel of the splendor of Christ, who is the image of God.

Colossians 1:13

He rescued us from the domain of [spiritual] darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son whom He loves,

1 John 5:19

We [also] know that we are [children] of God and that the people of the whole world lie under [the control of] the evil one [i.e., Satan].

Revelation 9:11

They had a king over them who was the angel of the deep pit [See verses 1-2]. His name in Hebrew was "Abaddon," and in Greek it was "Apollyon" [Note: These words both mean "Destroyer"].

Revelation 12:9

Then the great dragon was thrown out [of heaven]; he is the snake from ancient times who is [also] called "the Devil," and "Satan," the deceiver of the entire world. He was thrown down to earth along with his angels.

Revelation 16:10

And the fifth [angel] poured out his bowl on the throne of the [first] beast [See 13:2], and darkness fell over his kingdom. And they [See verse 2] chewed their tongues in agony,

Revelation 20:2-3

And he took hold of the dragon, that old snake, who is the devil or Satan, and chained him up for a thousand years.

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