KJV King James Version
And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, [thou] Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
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Mark 5:7
And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, [thou] Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”
WEB World English Bible
and crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, don’t torment me.”
ASV American Standard Version
and crying out with a loud voice, he saith, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and having called with a loud voice, he said, ‘What—to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of God the Most High? I adjure thee by God, mayest thou not afflict me!’
Surrounding context — Mark 5
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.
6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,
7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, [thou] Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
8 For he said unto him, Come out of the man, [thou] unclean spirit.
9 And he asked him, What [is] thy name? And he answered, saying, My name [is] Legion: for we are many.
10 And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandκράξαςG2896 · krazōto cryφωνῇG5456 · phōnēvoice/sound: voiceμεγάλῃG3173 · megasgreatλέγει·G3004 · legōto sayτίG5101 · tiswhich?ἐμοὶG1473 · egōI/weκαὶG2532 · kaiandσοί,G4771 · suyouἸησοῦ,G2424 · IēsousJesusυἱὲG5207 · uhiossonτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεοῦG2316 · theosGodτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoὑψίστου;G5310 · hupsistosHighestὁρκίζωG3726 · horkizōto adjureσεG4771 · suyouτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεόν,G2316 · theosGodμήG3361 · mēnotμεG3165 · memeβασανίσῃς.G928 · basanizōto torture: torture
Cross-references
Matthew 8:29And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?Acts 16:17The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.Jude 1:6And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.Matthew 26:63But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.Luke 8:28When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, [thou] Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.Revelation 12:12Therefore rejoice, [ye] heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.Mark 3:11And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.Acts 19:13Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.Matthew 4:3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.1 John 3:8He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.1 Kings 22:16And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but [that which is] true in the name of the LORD?Mark 1:24Saying, Let [us] alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.Matthew 16:16And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.Hosea 14:8Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard [him], and observed him: I [am] like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.2 Peter 2:4For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast [them] down to hell, and delivered [them] into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;Genesis 3:15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.Revelation 20:1-3And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.Luke 1:32He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
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