He lived in the tombs,(A) and no one was able to restrain him anymore—not even with a chain(B) because he often had been bound with shackles and chains, but had torn the chains apart and smashed(C) the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue(D) him. Night(E) and day among the tombs(F) and on the mountains,(G) he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones.

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This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain. For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him. Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.

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