When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.
Parallel translations
- KJV And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
- BSB On its return, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.
- NKJV And when he comes, he finds it swept and put in order.
- NASB And when it comes, it finds it swept and put in order.
- NLT So it returns and finds that its former home is all swept and in order.
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- Jude 1:8–13Yet in the same way, these also in their dreaming defile the flesh, despise authority, and slander celestial beings.
- 2 Th 2:9–12even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
- 2 Pet 2:10–19but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;
- Ps 81:11–12But my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.
- Matt 12:44–45Then he says, ‘I will return into my house from which I came out,’ and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.
- Ps 36:3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
- 2 Chr 24:17–22Now after the death of Jehoiada, the princes of Judah came, and bowed down to the king. Then the king listened to them.
- Ps 125:5But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be on Israel.
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