31And they besought him that he would not command them to go away into the bottomless pit.


In Context

28 But seeing Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus Son of the Most High God? I beseech thee torment me not.

29 For he had commanded the unclean spirit to go out from the man. For very often it had seized him; and he had been bound, kept with chains and fetters; and breaking the bonds he was driven by the demon into the deserts.

30 And Jesus asked him saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: for many demons had entered into him.

31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go away into the bottomless pit.

32 And there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain, and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into those; and he suffered them.

33 And the demons, going out from the man, entered into the swine, and the herd rushed down the precipice into the lake, and were choked.

Luke 8:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:31And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:31"Legion," he replied, because many demons had gone into him. And they begged him repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:31And they besought him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:31And they entreated him that he would not command them to depart into the abyss.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:31And they entreated him that he would not command them to depart into the abyss.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:31And they besought him, that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:31They begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:31and he was calling on him, that he may not command them to go away to the abyss,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:31And they sought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.