Luke 8:31

NET ©

And they began to beg 1  him not to order 2  them to depart into the abyss. 3 

NIV ©

And they begged him repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.

NASB ©

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

NLT ©

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

MSG ©

And they begged Jesus desperately not to order them to the bottomless pit.

BBE ©

And they made a request to him that he would not give them an order to go away into the deep.

NRSV ©

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

NKJV ©

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

KJV
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GREEK
kai
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CONJ
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CONJ
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epitaxh
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PREP
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V-2AAN
NET © [draft] ITL
And
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they began to beg
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him
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not
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to order
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them
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the abyss
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.
NET © Notes

1 tn One could also translate the imperfect tense here with a repetitive force like “begged him repeatedly.”

2 tn Or “command.”

3 tn This word, ἄβυσσος (abusso"), is a term for the place where the dead await the judgment. It also could hold hostile spirits according to Jewish belief (Jub. 5:6-7; 1 En. 10:4-6; 18:11-16).