Luke 11:21
New International Version
“When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe.

New Living Translation
For when a strong man is fully armed and guards his palace, his possessions are safe—

English Standard Version
When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are safe;

Berean Standard Bible
When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.

Berean Literal Bible
When the strong man being armed might guard his house, his possessions are in peace.

King James Bible
When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:

New King James Version
When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are in peace.

New American Standard Bible
When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are secure.

NASB 1995
“When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are undisturbed.

NASB 1977
“When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own homestead, his possessions are undisturbed;

Legacy Standard Bible
When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are undisturbed.

Amplified Bible
When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his belongings are undisturbed and secure.

Christian Standard Bible
When a strong man, fully armed, guards his estate, his possessions are secure.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When a strong man, fully armed, guards his estate, his possessions are secure.

American Standard Version
When the strong man fully armed guardeth his own court, his goods are in peace:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“Whenever an armed strongman keeps his homestead, his property is at peace.”

Contemporary English Version
When a strong man arms himself and guards his home, everything he owns is safe.

Douay-Rheims Bible
When a strong man armed keepeth his court, those things are in peace which he possesseth.

English Revised Version
When the strong man fully armed guardeth his own court, his goods are in peace:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own mansion, his property is safe.

Good News Translation
"When a strong man, with all his weapons ready, guards his own house, all his belongings are safe.

International Standard Version
"When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own mansion, his property is safe.

Literal Standard Version
When the strong man may keep his hall armed, his goods are in peace;

Majority Standard Bible
When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.

New American Bible
When a strong man fully armed guards his palace, his possessions are safe.

NET Bible
When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his possessions are safe.

New Revised Standard Version
When a strong man, fully armed, guards his castle, his property is safe.

New Heart English Bible
"When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe.

Webster's Bible Translation
When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:

Weymouth New Testament
"Whenever a strong man, fully armed and equipped, is guarding his own castle, he enjoys peaceful possession of his property;

World English Bible
“When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe.

Young's Literal Translation
'When the strong man armed may keep his hall, in peace are his goods;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
A House Divided
20But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. 21When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure. 22But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted, and then he divides up his plunder.…

Cross References
Isaiah 49:24
Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?

Luke 11:20
But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

Luke 11:22
But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted, and then he divides up his plunder.


Treasury of Scripture

When a strong man armed keeps his palace, his goods are in peace:

See on

Matthew 12:29
Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.

Mark 3:27
No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.

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Luke 11
1. Jesus teaches us to pray, and that instantly;
11. assuring us that God will give all good things to those who ask him.
14. He, casting out a demon, rebukes the blasphemous Pharisees;
27. and shows who are blessed;
29. preaches to the people;
37. and reprimands the outward show of holiness.














(21-23) When a strong man armed keepeth his palace.--See Notes on Matthew 12:29-30. The only noticeable variations are the use of "palace" for "house;" of the strong man being "armed;" of the "armour" or "panoply" (the same word as in Ephesians 6:13) in which he trusted; of the "division of the spoils." It is throughout a fuller and more vivid report, but apparently of the same sayings.

Verses 21, 22. - When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armor wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. The exegesis is easy here. The strong man is the devil; his palace is the world; his goods especially here the poor possessed; the stronger than he is Jesus himself, who, as he paints this feature in the picture, is thinking of the scenes of the temptation, when in good earnest he overcame his ghostly adversary, then he took from him all his armor wherein he trusted, and now he, the Conqueror, divideth his spoils, among which are these unhappy possessed ones now being rescued from the power of their tormentor.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
When
Ὅταν (Hotan)
Conjunction
Strong's 3752: When, whenever. From hote and an; whenever; also causatively inasmuch as.

a strong [man],
ἰσχυρὸς (ischyros)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2478: Strong (originally and generally of physical strength); mighty, powerful, vehement, sure. From ischus; forcible.

fully armed,
καθωπλισμένος (kathōplismenos)
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2528: To arm completely. From kata; and hoplizo; to equip fully with armor.

guards
φυλάσσῃ (phylassē)
Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 5442: Probably from phule through the idea of isolation; to watch, i.e. Be on guard; by implication, to preserve, obey, avoid.

his
ἑαυτοῦ (heautou)
Reflexive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1438: Himself, herself, itself.

house,
αὐλήν (aulēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 833: From the same as aer; a yard; by implication, a mansion.

his
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

possessions
ὑπάρχοντα (hyparchonta)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's 5225: To begin, am, exist, be in possession. From hupo and archomai; to begin under, i.e. Come into existence; expletively, to exist (verb).

are
ἐστὶν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

secure.
εἰρήνῃ (eirēnē)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1515: Probably from a primary verb eiro; peace; by implication, prosperity.


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