Verse 9

Then Jesus asked him, 'What is your name?' He replied, 'My name is Legion, for we are many.'

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Og han spurte ham: Hva er ditt navn? Og han svarte og sa: Mitt navn er Legion, for vi er mange.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Og han spurte ham: "Hva heter du?" Og han svarte: "Legion er navnet mitt, for vi er mange."

• Norsk King James

  Og han spurte ham: Hva er navnet ditt? Han svarte: Mitt navn er Legion; for vi er mange.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jesus spurte ham: Hva er ditt navn? Han svarte: Mitt navn er Legion, for vi er mange.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Og han spurte ham: 'Hva er ditt navn?' Og han svarte: 'Mitt navn er Legion, for vi er mange.'

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Jesus spurte ham: «Hva er ditt navn?» Han svarte: «Legion er mitt navn, for vi er mange.»

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Han spurte ham: Hva er ditt navn? Og han svarte: Mitt navn er Legion, for vi er mange.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Jesus spurte ham: «Hva heter du?» Og han svarte: «Mitt navn er Legion, for vi er mange.»

• gpt4.5-preview

  Og han spurte ham: «Hva er navnet ditt?» Og han svarte: «Mitt navn er Legion, for vi er mange.»

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Og han spurte ham: «Hva er navnet ditt?» Og han svarte: «Mitt navn er Legion, for vi er mange.»

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Og Jesus spurte ham: 'Hva er ditt navn?' Han svarte og sa: 'Mitt navn er Legion, for vi er mange.'

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Så spurte Jesus ham: «Hva er ditt navn?» Og han svarte, «Mitt navn er Legion, for vi er mange.»

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og han adspurgte ham: Hvad er dit Navn? og han svarede og sagde: Legion er mit Navn? thi vi ere mange.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og han spurte ham: Hva er ditt navn? Og han svarte og sa: Mitt navn er Legion, for vi er mange.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

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

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Så spurte Jesus ham: "Hva er navnet ditt?" Han svarte: "Mitt navn er Legion, for vi er mange."

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og han spurte ham: 'Hva er ditt navn?' Og han svarte: 'Mitt navn er Legion, for vi er mange;'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og han spurte ham: Hva er ditt navn? Og han svarte: Mitt navn er Legion, for vi er mange.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og Jesus spurte ham: Hva er ditt navn? Og han svarte: Mittnavn er Legion, for vi er mange.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And he axed him: what is thy name? And he answered sayinge: my name is Legion for we are many.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

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

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he asked him, What is thy name? and hee answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he asked him, ‹What› [is] ‹thy name?› And he answered, saying, My name [is] Legion: for we are many.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Jesus said, What is your name? And he made answer, My name is Legion, because there are a great number of us.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Jesus asked him,“What is your name?” And he said,“My name is Legion, for we are many.”

Referenced Verses

• Matt 26:53 : 53 Do you not think I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?
• Luke 8:30 : 30 Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "Legion," he replied, because many demons had entered him.
• Luke 11:21-26 : 21 When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are secure. 22 But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder. 23 Whoever is not with Me is against Me, and whoever does not gather with Me scatters. 24 When an unclean spirit comes out of a person, it wanders through waterless places seeking rest but finds none. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ 25 When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. 26 Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.
• Mark 5:15 : 15 When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons sitting there, dressed, and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
• Matt 12:45 : 45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.