Mark 5:4

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“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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BSBPD

“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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“because that he many times with fetters and chains had been bound, and pulled in pieces by him had been the chains, and the fetters broken in pieces, and none was able to tame him,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Mark 5:4 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. James 3:7All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,

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