Luke 8:31 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and he was calling on him, that he may not command them to go away to the abyss,

English ASV

And they entreated him that he would not command them to depart into the abyss.

English Amplified

And they begged [Jesus] not to command them to depart into the Abyss (bottomless pit). [Rev. 9:1.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And they begged [Jesus] not to command them to depart into the Abyss (bottomless pit). [Rev. 9:1.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

And they begged him not to banish them to the abyss.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And they besought him that he would not command them to go away into the bottomless pit.

English EASY 2024

These bad spirits asked Jesus not to send them away to the deep hole below the earth.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The demons begged Jesus not to send them into the bottomless pit.

And they begged him not to command them to depart into the abyss.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

The demons begged Jesus not to send them into the abyss.

English God's Word - GW 1995

The demons begged Jesus not to order them to go into the bottomless pit.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

And they begged Him not to banish them to the abyss.

English KJV 1611

And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

English LSB

And they were pleading with Him not to command them to go away into the abyss.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

And they begged Him not to command them to go out into the abyss.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

They were imploring Him not to command them to go away into the abyss.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

And they pleaded with him not to order them to depart to the abyss.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

And they began to beg him not to order them to depart into the abyss.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

And they begged Jesus again and again not to order them to go into the Abyss.

English NIV

"Legion," he replied, because many demons had gone into him. And they begged him repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.

English NKJ 1982

And they begged Him that He would not command them to go out into the abyss.

English NLT

The demons kept begging Jesus not to send them into the Bottomless Pit.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

They begged him not to order them to go back into the abyss.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

We beg you, don’t banish us into the Abyss!”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And they begged him not to command them to depart into the abyss.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

They kept begging Jesus not to order them into the Bottomless Pit.

English Tyndale 1537

And they besought him, that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

Luke 8:31 — Compare Translations