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Mark 5:7

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 7 Then he cried out with a loud voice: “What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I put you under oath by God not to torment me.”+

Mark 5:7

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 7 καὶ and κράξας having cried out φωνῇ to voice μεγάλῃ great λέγει he is saying Τί What ἐμοὶ to me καὶ and σοί, to you, Ἰησοῦ Jesus υἱὲ Son τοῦ of the θεοῦ God, τοῦ of the ὑψίστου; Most High? ὁρκίζω I put under oath σε you τὸν the θεόν, God, μή not με me βασανίσῃς. you should torment.

Mark 5:7

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 7 and, when he had cried out with a loud voice,+ he said: “What have I to do with you,* Jesus, Son of the Most High God?+ I put you under oath+ by God not to torment me.”+

Mark 5:7

The Bible in Living English
- 7 and said with a loud scream “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torture me”—

Mark 5:7

American Standard Version
- 7 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.

Mark 5:7

The Emphasized Bible
- 7 and crying out with a loud voice saith—What have I in common with thee, O Jesus, Son of God Most High? I adjure thee by God,—Do not torment me!

Mark 5:7

King James Version
- 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.

Mark Study Notes—Chapter 5

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 5:7
  
  What have I to do with you, . . . ?: Or “What is there in common between me and you?” Literally translated, this rhetorical question reads: “What to me and to you?” This Semitic idiom is found in the Hebrew Scriptures (Jg 11:12, ftn.; Jos 22:24; 2Sa 16:10; 19:22; 1Ki 17:18; 2Ki 3:13; 2Ch 35:21; Ho 14:8), and a corresponding Greek phrase is used in the Christian Greek Scriptures (Mt 8:29; Mr 1:24; 5:7; Lu 4:34; 8:28; Joh 2:4). The exact meaning may vary, depending on context. In this verse (Mr 5:7), the idiom expresses hostility and repulsion, and some have suggested such a rendering as: “Do not bother me!” or “Leave me alone!” In other contexts, it is used to express a difference in viewpoint, or opinion, or to refuse involvement in a suggested action without indicating disdain, arrogance, or hostility.—See study note on Joh 2:4.
  
  torment me: A related Greek term is used of “the jailers” at Mt 18:34 (see study note). So in this context, the “torment” would seem to refer to a restraining or a confining to “the abyss” mentioned in the parallel account at Lu 8:31.