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. "
— Mark 5:4, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“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. ”
“because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody had the strength to tame him.”
“For his hands and feet had often been bound with chains and shackles, but he had torn the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him.”
“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.”
“Because he had frequently been prisoned in chains and iron bands, and the chains had been parted and the bands broken by him: and no man was strong enough to make him quiet.”
“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.”
And they went across the strait of the sea into the region of the Gerasenes.
And as he was departing from the boat, he was immediately met, from among the tombs, by a man with an unclean spirit,
who had his dwelling place with the tombs; neither had anyone been able to bind him, even with chains.
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.
And he was always, day and night, among the tombs, or in the mountains, crying out and cutting himself with stones.
And seeing Jesus from afar, he ran and adored him.
And crying out with a loud voice, he said: “What am I to you, Jesus, the Son of the Most High God? I beseech you by God, that you not torment me.”