Mark 5 · Verse 7

Mark 5:7

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 5:7, King James Version

Mark 5:7 in other translations

BSBAnd he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”
WEBand crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, don’t torment me.”
ASVand 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.
YLTand having called with a loud voice, he said, ‘What--to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of God the Most High? I adjure thee by God, mayest thou not afflict me!'
DARBYand crying with a loud voice he says, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not.
BBEAnd crying out with a loud voice he said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name, do not be cruel to me.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Mark 5:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not--or, as in Mt 8:29, "Art Thou come to torment us before the time?" (See on Mr 1:24). Behold the tormentor anticipating, dreading, and entreating exemption from torment! In Christ they discern their destined Tormentor; the time, they know, is fixed, and they feel as if it were come already! (Jas 2:19).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 What have I to do with thee - Or, What is it to thee and me, or why dost thou trouble thyself with me? See on Mar 1:24 (note), and Mat 8:29 (note), where the idiom and meaning are explained. Jesus - This is omitted by four MSS., and by several in Luk 8:28, and by many of the first authority in Mat 8:29 (note). See the note on this latter place.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 5:1-20

Some openly wilful sinners are like this madman. The commands of the law are as chains and fetters, to restrain sinners from their wicked courses; but they break those bands in sunder; and it is an evidence of the power of the devil in them. A legion of soldiers consisted of six thousand men, or more. What multitudes of fallen spirits there must be, and all enemies to God and man, when here was a legion in one poor…

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Mark 5:7 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
κράξαςkraxashaving criedG2896
φωνῇphōnēain a voiceG5456
μεγάλῃmegalēloudG3173
λέγει·legeihe spoke;G3004
τίtiWhatG5101
ἐμοὶemoito me myselfG1473
καὶkaiandG2532
σοί,soito You,G4771
Ἰησοῦ,IēsouJesus,G2424
υἱὲhuieSonG5207
τοῦtou<the>G3588
θεοῦtheouof GodG2316
τοῦtoutheG3588
ὑψίστου;hupsistouMost High?G5310
ὁρκίζωhorkizōI adjureG3726
σεseYouG4771
τὸνton<the>G3588
θεόν,theonby God,G2316
μήmēnotG3361
μεmemeG3165
βασανίσῃς.basanisēsmay torment.G928

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 5:7

  • Matthew 8:29

    And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

  • Acts 16:17

    The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.

  • Matthew 26:63

    But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.

  • Jude 1:6

    And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

  • Matthew 4:3

    And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

  • Mark 3:11

    And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.

  • Acts 19:13

    Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.

  • Revelation 12:12

    Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

  • Luke 8:28

    When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.

  • Matthew 16:16

    And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

  • Genesis 3:15

    And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

  • 1 John 3:8

    He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
What.
1:24; Ho 14:8; Mt 8:29; Lu 4:34
Son.
3:11; 14:61; Mt 16:16; Joh 20:31; Ac 8:37; 16:17
I adjure.
1Ki 22:16; Mt 26:63; Ac 19:13
that.
Ge 3:15; Mt 8:29; Lu 8:28; Ro 16:20; Heb 2:14; 2Pe 2:4; 1Jo 3:8
Jude 1:6; Re 12:12; 20:1-3

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Context

  • Mark 5:6

    But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,

  • Mark 5:7

    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 5:8

    For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.

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Mark 5:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y clamando á gran voz, dijo: ¿Qué tienes conmigo, Jesús, Hijo del Dios Altísimo? Te conjuro por Dios que no me atormentes.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et, criant avec une voix forte, il dit: Qu’y a-t-il entre moi et toi, Jésus, Fils du Dieu Très-haut? Je t’adjure par Dieu, ne me tourmente pas.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und mit lauter Stimme schreiend, sagt er: Was habe ich mit dir zu schaffen, Jesu, Sohn Gottes, des Höchsten? Ich beschwöre dich bei Gott, quäle mich nicht!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et clamans voce magna dixit: Quid mihi et tibi, Jesu Fili Dei altissimi? adjuro te per Deum, ne me torqueas.