New Revised Standard Version
for he had often been restrained with shackles and chains, but the chains he wrenched apart, and the shackles he broke in pieces; and no one had the strength to subdue him.

Contemporary English Version
He had often been put in chains and leg irons, but he broke the chains and smashed the leg irons. No one could control him.

New American Bible
In fact, he had frequently been bound with shackles and chains, but the chains had been pulled apart by him and the shackles smashed, and no one was strong enough to subdue him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For having been often bound with fetters and chains, he had burst the chains, and broken the fetters in pieces, and no one could tame him.

For having been often bound with fetters and chains, he had burst the chains, and broken the fetters in pieces, and no one could tame him.

tame.

James 3:7,8 For every nature of beasts and of birds and of serpents and of the rest is tamed and hath been tamed, by the nature of man. . . .