Luke 11:25

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐλθὸν, εὑρίσκει σεσαρωμένον καὶ κεκοσμημένον.

Transliteration

And elthon, heuriskei having been sesarōmenon and having been kekosmēmenon.

Grammar Details

• *elthon*: aorist active participle, nominative neuter singular - having come/returned
• *heuriskei*: present indicative active, 3rd person singular - finds/discovers
• *sesarōmenon*: perfect passive participle, accusative masculine singular - having been swept
• *kekosmēmenon*: perfect passive participle, accusative masculine singular - having been adorned/put in order

Word Meanings

• *sesarōmenon*: swept clean/cleared out
• *kekosmēmenon*: put in order/decorated/adorned

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And when he comes, he finds it swept and cleaned.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And when he cometh he fyndeth it swept and garnissed.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And whan he commeth, he fyndeth it swepte, and garnished.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And when he commeth, he fyndeth it swept and garnisshed.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹And when he cometh, he findeth› [it] ‹swept and garnished.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and having come, it findeth `it' swept and adorned;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And when he comes, he sees that it has been made fair and clean.

• World English Bible (2000)

  When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When it returns, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 81:11-12 : 11 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it. 12 But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me.
• Matt 12:44-45 : 44 Then it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' And when it returns, it finds the house empty, swept clean, and in order. 45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.
• 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the workings of Satan, with all kinds of power, false signs, and wonders, 10 and with every kind of deceit targeting those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 For this reason, God sends them a powerful delusion, so that they will believe the lie, 12 in order that all who did not believe the truth but delighted in wickedness might be judged.
• 2 Pet 2:10-19 : 10 especially those who follow the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. They are bold and arrogant, and they are unafraid to slander celestial beings. 11 Yet even angels, who are greater in strength and power, do not bring a slanderous judgment against such beings before the Lord. 12 These people, however, are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed. They speak abusively about things they do not understand, and in their destruction, they too will be destroyed. 13 They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. They consider it a pleasure to indulge in carousing during the day. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions while they feast with you. 14 They have eyes full of adultery, never ceasing from sin. They entice unstable souls and have hearts trained in greed. They are accursed children. 15 They have abandoned the straight way and gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness. 16 But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey—a beast without speech—that spoke with a man's voice and restrained the prophet's madness. 17 These people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness has been reserved for them forever. 18 For they utter arrogant, empty words and entice those who are barely escaping from others living in error, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh and by debauchery. 19 They promise freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption, for a person is a slave to whatever has mastered them.
• Jude 1:8-9 : 8 In the same way, these people also, relying on their dreams, defile their flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme glorious beings. 9 But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, 'The Lord rebuke you!' 10 These people speak abusively about what they do not understand, and what they do understand by instinct—like unreasoning animals—these are the very things that destroy them. 11 Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, rushed headlong for profit into Balaam’s error, and perished in Korah’s rebellion. 12 These are hidden reefs in your love feasts, feasting with you fearlessly, shepherding only themselves. They are waterless clouds, carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted. 13 They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
• 2 Chr 24:17-22 : 17 After the death of Jehoiada, the officials of Judah came and bowed before the king, and the king listened to their advice. 18 They abandoned the house of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and started worshiping the Asherah poles and idols. As a result, God's wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem because of their guilt. 19 The Lord sent prophets among them to bring them back to Him, but though the prophets testified against them, they refused to listen. 20 Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest. Standing above the people, he said to them, 'This is what God says: Why do you disobey the Lord's commands and bring about your own failure? Because you have forsaken the Lord, He has also forsaken you.' 21 But they conspired against him, and at the king's command, they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the house of the Lord. 22 King Joash did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, had shown him but killed his son. As Zechariah was dying, he said, 'May the Lord see this and call you to account.'
• Ps 36:3 : 3 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated.
• Ps 125:5 : 5 But those who turn aside to their crooked ways, the LORD will lead away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.