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


In Context

28 and having seen Jesus, and having cried out, he fell before him, and with a loud voice, said, 'What — to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I beseech thee, mayest thou not afflict me!'

29 For he commanded the unclean spirit to come forth from the man, for many times it had caught him, and he was being bound with chains and fetters — guarded, and breaking asunder the bonds he was driven by the demons to the deserts.

30 And Jesus questioned him, saying, 'What is thy name?' and he said, 'Legion,' (because many demons were entered into him,)

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

32 and there was there a herd of many swine feeding in the mountain, and they were calling on him, that he might suffer them to enter into these, and he suffered them,

33 and the demons having gone forth from the man, did enter into the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep to 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 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 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.