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


In Context

28 And when he saw Jesus, he fell down before him; and crying out with a loud voice, he said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the most high God? I beseech thee, do not torment me.

29 For he commanded the unclean spirit to go out of the man. For many times it seized him, and he was bound with chains, and kept in fetters; and breaking the bonds, he was driven by the devil into the deserts.

30 And Jesus asked him, saying: What is thy name? But he said: Legion; because many devils were entered into him.

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

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 them. And he suffered them.

33 The devils therefore went out of the man, and entered into the swine; and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were stifled.

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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

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.