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The Demons and the Pigs

Mark 5:5

In 9 translations

BSB
Night and day in the tombs and in the mountains he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones.
KJV
And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
WEB
Always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones.
ASV
And always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones.
LSV
and always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying and cutting himself with stones.
YLT
and always, night and day, in the mountains, and in the tombs he was, crying and cutting himself with stones.
DBY
And continually night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying and cutting himself with stones.
DRC
And he was always day and night in the monuments and in the mountains, crying and cutting himself with stones.
GNV
And alwayes both night and day he cryed in the mountaines, and in the graues, and strooke himselfe with stones.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read παντὸς (“all [times]”); Textus Receptus read διαπαντός (“throughout”).
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  • Word order: Textus Receptus place διὰ elsewhere in this verse.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place μνήμασιν elsewhere in this verse.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ὄρεσιν elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: μνήμασιν καὶ ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσιν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read μνήμασιν καὶ ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσιν; Robinson–Pierpont read ὄρεσιν καὶ ἐν τοῖς μνήμασιν.

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Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ διὰ παντὸς νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας ἐν τοῖς μνήμασιν καὶ ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσιν ἦν κράζων καὶ κατακόπτων ἑαυτὸν λίθοις.
RP2018
καὶ διὰ παντός, νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας, ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσιν καὶ ἐν τοῖς μνήμασιν ἦν κράζων καὶ κατακόπτων ἑαυτὸν λίθοις.
TR-Boyd
καὶ διὰ παντός, νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας, ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσι καὶ ἐν τοῖς μνήμασιν ἦν κράζων καὶ κατακόπτων ἑαυτὸν λίθοις.
SCR1894
και δια παντος νυκτος και ημερας εν τοις ορεσιν και εν τοις μνημασιν ην κραζων και κατακοπτων εαυτον λιθοις

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◆ Gadarene Demoniacs

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Kings 18:28So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.
  • Job 2:7–8So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head. And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the…
  • John 8:44You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native…

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