Mark 5:4

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Though he was often bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and shattered the shackles. Now there was no one with the strength to subdue him.

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KJV

King James 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.

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WEB

World English Bible

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.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

because he often had been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn in two by him, and the shackles had been shattered. And no one had strength to subdue him.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Mark 5

² As soon as Jesus got out of the boat, He was met by a man with an unclean spirit, who was coming from the tombs.

³ This man had been living in the tombs and could no longer be restrained, even with chains.

⁴ Though he was often bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and shattered the shackles. Now there was no one with the strength to subdue him.

⁵ Night and day in the tombs and in the mountains he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones.

⁶ When the man saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees before Him.

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