New Revised Standard Version
They begged him not to order them to go back into the abyss.

Contemporary English Version
They begged Jesus not to send them to the deep pit, where they would be punished.

New American Bible
And they pleaded with him not to order them to depart to the abyss.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they besought him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.

And they besought him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.

they.

Luke 8:28 And when he saw Jesus, he fell down before him. And crying out with a loud voice, he said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the most high God? I beseech thee, do not torment me.

Job 1:11 But stretch forth thy hand a little, and touch all that he hath, and see if he bless thee not to thy face.

Job 2:5 But put forth thy hand, and touch his bone and his flesh, and then thou shalt see that he will bless thee to thy face.

Philippians 2:10,11 That in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those that are in heaven, on earth, and under the earth: . . .

the deep.

Matthew 25:41 Then he shall say to them also that shall be on his left hand: Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, which was prepared for the devil and his angels.

Revelation 9:2 And he opened the bottomless pit: and the smoke of the pit arose, as the smoke of a great furnace. And the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke of the pit.

Revelation 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who wrought signs before him, wherewith he seduced them who received the character of the beast and who adored his image. These two were cast alive into the pool of fire burning with brimstone.

Revelation 20:2,3,14,15 And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. . . .