Mark 5:4 - New International Version (Anglicised) For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No-one was strong enough to subdue him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For having been often bound with fetters and chains, he had burst the chains, and broken the fetters in pieces, and no one could tame him. |
This man lived in the tombs, and no-one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.
Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.
For Jesus had commanded the impure spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was chained hand and foot and kept under guard, he had broken his chains and had been driven by the demon into solitary places.