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Mark 5:3

LonelinessSuffering

1 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.

2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:

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.

5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.

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BSB
This man had been living in the tombs and could no longer be restrained, even with chains.
KJV
Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:
WEB
He lived in the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with chains,
ASV
who had his dwelling in the tombs: and no man could any more bind him, no, not with a chain;
DARBY
who had his dwelling in the tombs; and no one was able to bind him, not even with chains;
BLB
who had [his] dwelling in the tombs. And no longer was anyone able to bind him, not even with a chain,
ÅB
Han hadde sitt tilhold der i gravene, og de kunne ikke lenger binde ham, ikke engang med lenker;
OTB
Denne mannen bodde blant gravene, og ingen kunne lenger binde ham, ikke engang med lenker.
B1930
Han hadde sitt tilhold der i gravene, og de kunde ikke lenger binde ham, ikke engang med lenker;

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 65:4

    Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

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  • Luke 8:29

    (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)

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  • Daniel 4:32–33

    And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

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  • Mark 9:18–22

    And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.

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