Mark 5:11 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹¹ On the side of a [nearby] mountain, a large herd of [wild (?)] hogs was grazing.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ Now a great herd of hogs was grazing there on the hillside.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ Now there was there on the mountain side a great herd of swine feeding.

Common English Bible

¹¹ A large herd of pigs was feeding on the hillside.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ And in that place, near the mountain, there was a great herd of swine, feeding.

Mark 5:11 Cross References

Luke 8:32

Now a herd of many [wild (?)] hogs was grazing on a [nearby] mountain, so the evil spirits begged Jesus to give them permission to enter [the bodies of] the hogs. So, He gave them permission [to do it].

Matthew 8:30

Now a large herd of [wild] hogs [i.e., about 2000 of them. See Mark 5:13] was grazing some distance away from them.

Matthew 7:6

“Do not offer sacred things to dogs, and do not throw your pearls in front of [wild] pigs [i.e., to those who will not appreciate them], because they will probably trample on them with their feet and then turn around and attack you.

Mark 5:10

Then the spirits begged Jesus earnestly not to send them away out of the region.

Mark 5:12

The evil spirits begged Him, saying; “Send us into those hogs, so we can enter their bodies.”