Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

The demons began to entreat Him, saying, “If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.”

King James Version

So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.

Holman Bible

“If You drive us out,” the demons begged Him, “send us into the herd of pigs.”

International Standard Version

So the demons began to plead with Jesus, saying, "If you drive us out, send us into that herd of pigs."

A Conservative Version

And the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, allow us to go away into the herd of swine.

American Standard Version

And the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.

Amplified

The demons began begging Him, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

An Understandable Version

So, the evil spirits [in one of the men. See Mark 5:1ff] begged Jesus, saying, "If you are going to drive us out [of this man], send us away into that herd of [wild] hogs."

Anderson New Testament

And the demons besought him, saying: If thou cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of swine.

Bible in Basic English

And the evil spirits made strong prayers to him, saying, If you send us out, let us go into the herd of pigs.

Common New Testament

And the demons begged him, "If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine."

Daniel Mace New Testament

So the devils entreated him, saying, if you force us out, suffer us to retire into the herd of swine.

Darby Translation

and the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.

Godbey New Testament

And the demons continued to intreat him, saying, If you cast us out, permit us to depart into the herd of swine.

Goodspeed New Testament

And the demons entreated him, saying, "If you are going to drive us out, send us into the drove of pigs."

John Wesley New Testament

So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go into the herd of swine.

Julia Smith Translation

And the evil spirits besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of swine.

King James 2000

So the demons besought him, saying, If you cast us out, allow us to go away into the herd of swine.

Lexham Expanded Bible

So the demons implored him, saying, "If you are going to expel us, send us into the herd of pigs."

Modern King James verseion

And the demons begged Him, saying, If You cast us out, allow us to go away into the herd of swine.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then the devils besought him saying, "If thou cast us out, suffer us to go our way into the herd of swine."

Moffatt New Testament

so the daemons begged him saying, "If you are going to cast us out, send us into that drove of swine."

Montgomery New Testament

and the demons began entreating him. "If you are driving us out," they said, "send us into the herd of swine."

NET Bible

Then the demons begged him, "If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs."

New Heart English Bible

And the demons begged him, saying, "If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs."

Noyes New Testament

And the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.

Sawyer New Testament

And, the demons besought him, saying, If you cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.

The Emphasized Bible

and, the demons, began to beseech him, saying, If thou dost cast us out, send us away, into the herd of swine.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Then the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, permit us to go into the herd of swine.

Twentieth Century New Testament

And the foul spirits began begging Jesus: "If you drive us out, send us into the drove of pigs."

Webster

So the demons besought him, saying, If thou expellest us, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.

Weymouth New Testament

So the demons entreated Him. "If Thou drivest us out," they said, "send us into the herd of swine."

Williams New Testament

And the demons kept begging Him and saying, "If you are going to drive us out, send us into the drove of hogs."

World English Bible

The demons begged him, saying, "If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs."

Worrell New Testament

And the demons were entreating Him, saying, "If Thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine."

Worsley New Testament

saying, If Thou cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of swine:

Youngs Literal Translation

and the demons were calling on him, saying, 'If thou dost cast us forth, permit us to go away to the herd of the swine;'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
So
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

the devils
δαίμων 
Daimon 
Usage: 5

παρακαλέω 
Parakaleo 
Usage: 102

him

Usage: 0

λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

If
εἰ 
Ei 
if, whether, that, not tr,
Usage: 218

thou cast
ἐκβάλλω 
Ekballo 
Usage: 43

us
ἡμᾶς 
hemas 
ἡμῖν 
hemin 
us, we, our, us-ward 9, not tr
us, we, our, for us
Usage: 170
Usage: 160

out
ἐκβάλλω 
Ekballo 
Usage: 43

ἐπιτρέπω 
Epitrepo 
Usage: 17

to go away
ἀπέρχομαι 
Aperchomai 
go, depart, go, go away, come,
Usage: 97

εἰς 
Eis 
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
Usage: 1267

the herd
G34
ἀγέλη 
Agele 
Usage: 8

References

American

Easton

Context Readings

Demon-Possessed Gadarenes Healed

30 And there was a good way off from them a herd of many swine feeding. 31 The demons began to entreat Him, saying, “If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.” 32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine; and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea and perished in the waters.


Cross References

Mark 5:7

Crying out with a loud voice, he said, What hast thou with me, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

Mark 5:12

and all those devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

Luke 8:30-33

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

Revelation 12:12

Therefore, rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a short time.

Revelation 20:1-2

And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

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