“And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.”
King James Version (KJV)
8:29 For many times it had caught him - Therefore our compassionate Lord made the more haste to cast him out.
8:31 The abyss - That is, the bottomless pit.
8:32 To enter into the swine - Not that they were any easier in the swine than out of them. Had it been so, they would not so soon have dislodged themselves, by destroying the herd.
And Iesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many deuils were entred into him.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
And Jesus asked him, "What is your name? And he said, "Legion"; for many demons had entered him."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? And he said, Legion; for many demons were entered into him.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And Jesus said to him, What is your name? And he said, Legion; for a number of spirits had gone into him.
- Basic English Bible
And Jesus asked him saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: for many demons had entered into him.
- Darby Bible
And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many demons had entered into him.
- Webster's Bible
What is your name? Jesus asked him. "Legion," he replied--because a great number of demons had entered into him;
- Weymouth Bible
Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion," for many demons had entered into him.
- World English Bible
And Jhesus axide hym, and seide, What name is to thee? And he seide, A legioun; for many deuelis weren entrid in to hym.
- Wycliffe Bible
And Jesus questioned him, saying, `What is thy name?' and he said, `Legion,' (because many demons were entered into him,)
- Youngs Literal Bible