Mark 5:9
Modern Translations
New International Version
Then Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "My name is Legion," he replied, "for we are many."

New Living Translation
Then Jesus demanded, “What is your name?” And he replied, “My name is Legion, because there are many of us inside this man.”

English Standard Version
And Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He replied, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”

Berean Study Bible
“What is your name?” Jesus asked. “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.”

New American Standard Bible
And He was asking him, “What is your name?” And he said to Him, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”

NASB 1995
And He was asking him, "What is your name?" And he said to Him, "My name is Legion; for we are many."

NASB 1977
And He was asking him, “What is your name?” And he said to Him, “My name is Legion; for we are many.”

Amplified Bible
He was asking him, “What is your name?” And he replied, “My name is Legion; for we are many.”

Christian Standard Bible
“What is your name? ” he asked him. “My name is Legion,” he answered him, “because we are many.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
"What is your name?" He asked him." My name is Legion," he answered Him, "because we are many."

Contemporary English Version
Jesus asked, "What is your name?" The man answered, "My name is Lots, because I have 'lots' of evil spirits."

Good News Translation
So Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" The man answered, "My name is 'Mob'--there are so many of us!"

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He told Jesus, "My name is Legion [Six Thousand], because there are many of us."

International Standard Version
Then Jesus asked him, "What's your name?" He told him, "My name is Legion, because there are many of us."

NET Bible
Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "My name is Legion, for we are many."
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

New King James Version
Then He asked him, “What is your name?” And he answered, saying, “My name is Legion; for we are many.”

King James 2000 Bible
And he asked him, What is your name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

New Heart English Bible
And then he asked him, "What is your name?" And he replied, "My name is Legion, for we are many."

World English Bible
He asked him, "What is your name?" He said to him, "My name is Legion, for we are many."

American King James Version
And he asked him, What is your name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

American Standard Version
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he saith unto him, My name is Legion; for we are many.

A Faithful Version
And He asked it, "What is your name?" And it answered, "My name is Legion, because we are many."

Darby Bible Translation
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he says to him, Legion is my name, because we are many.

English Revised Version
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he saith unto him, My name is Legion; for we are many.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And he asked him, What is thy name? and hee answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And he asked hym, what is thy name? And he aunswered and sayd vnto hym: my name is legion, for we are many.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And he axed him: What is thy name? And he answered and sayde: My name is Legion, for there be many of vs.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And he axed him: what is thy name? And he answered sayinge: my name is Legion for we are many.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And He was questioning him, “What [is] your name?” And he answered, saying, “Legion [is] my name, because we are many”;

Berean Literal Bible
And He was asking him, "What is your name?" And he answered saying, "My name is Legion, because we are many."

Young's Literal Translation
and he was questioning him, 'What is thy name?' and he answered, saying, 'Legion is my name, because we are many;'

Smith's Literal Translation
And he asked him, What the name to thee? And he answered, saying, My name, Legion: for we are many.

Literal Emphasis Translation
And He asked him, What is your name? And he saying, Legion is my name, because we are many.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he asked him: What is thy name? And he saith to him: My name is Legion, for we are many.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he questioned him: “What is your name?” And he said to him, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he had asked him, “What is your name?” He said to him, “Our name is Legion, for we are many.”

Lamsa Bible
And he asked him, What is your name? And he said to him, Our name is Legion, because we are many.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And he asked him: What is your name? And he said to him: My name is Legion; for we are many.

Godbey New Testament
And He asked him, What is thy name? And he says to Him, My name is Legion; because we are many.

Haweis New Testament
And he interrogated him, What is thy name? and he replied, saying, Legion is my name; for we are many.

Mace New Testament
and Jesus asked him, what is thy name? my name is legion, answered he: for we are many.

Weymouth New Testament
Jesus also questioned him. "What is your name?" He said. "Legion," he replied, "for there are a host of us."

Worrell New Testament
And He asked him, "What is your name?" And he says to Him, "My name is Legion, because we are many."

Worsley New Testament
And He asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
















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