Mark 5:2

The Demons and the Pigs

1On the other side of the sea, they arrived in the region of the Gerasenes.2As soon as Jesus got out of the boat, He was met by a man with an unclean spirit, who was coming from the tombs.3This man had been living in the tombs and could no longer be restrained, even with chains.

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Berean Standard Bible
As soon as Jesus got out of the boat, He was met by a man with an unclean spirit, who was coming from the tombs.
American Standard Version (1901)
And when he was come out of the boat, straightway there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
Bible in Basic English
And when he had got out of the boat, straight away there came to him from the place of the dead a man with an unclean spirit.
Free Bible Version
When Jesus got out of the boat a man with an evil spirit came from the graveyard to meet him.
Geneva Bible 1599
And when he was come out of the shippe, there met him incontinently out of the graues, a man which had an vncleane spirit:
King James (Authorized) Version
And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
One Unity Resource Bible
When he had come out of the boat, immediately a man with an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs.
Plain English Version
There was a man there that had a bad spirit in him. He was mad. He camped in the cemetery there. Before Jesus came to that place, that man walked around in the cemetery, and all over the hills there, and he yelled out and screamed all the time. He did that in the day time and also at night time. And he cut himself with stones. People couldn’t tie him up, not even with chains. They tried to do that lots of times. They tied up his hands and his feet, but it was no good. He was too strong. He just broke those chains every time. Nobody was strong enough to hold him or make him sit down quiet. When Jesus got out of the boat,
Translation for Translators
There was a man in that region whom evil spirits controlled.
Unlocked Literal Bible
When Jesus was getting out of the boat, immediately there came up to him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit.
Noah Webster Bible
And when he had come out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
World English Bible
When he had come out of the boat, immediately a man with an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs.
Young's Literal Translation
and he having come forth out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,