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


In Context

28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee torment me not.

29 (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For often it had caught him, and he was kept bound with chains, and in fetters: and he broke the bands, and was driven by the demon into the wilderness.)

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

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

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 Then the demons went out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place 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 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 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.