Mark 5:4 - Easy To Read Version

⁴ Many times people had used chains to tie the man’s hands and feet. But the man broke the chains on his hands and feet. No person was strong enough to control him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ For he had been bound often with shackles for the feet and handcuffs, but the handcuffs of [light] chains he wrenched apart, and the shackles he rubbed and ground together and broke in pieces; and no one had strength enough to restrain or tame him.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been rent asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: and no man had strength to tame him.

Common English Bible

⁴ He had been secured many times with leg irons and chains, but he broke the chains and smashed the leg irons. No one was tough enough to control him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ For having been bound often with shackles and chains, he had broken the chains and smashed the shackles; and no one had been able to tame him.

Mark 5:4 Cross References

Psalm 105:18

They tied a rope around Joseph’s feet.\par They put an iron ring around his neck.\par

Mark 5:3

This man lived in the burial caves. No person could tie him. Even chains could not keep this man tied.

Mark 5:5

Day and night the man walked around the burial caves and on the hills. The man would scream and cut himself with rocks.