because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been rent asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: and no man had strength to tame him.

Because² that heª had been oftenª boundª° with fettersª andª chains,ª andª the¹ chainsª had been plucked asunderª° byª him,ª andª the¹ fettersª broken in pieces:ª° neitherª couldª° any¹ [man] tameª° him.ª²

Because² that heeª had bene oftenª boundª° with fettersª andª chaines,ª andª the¹ chainesª had bene plucked asunderª° byª him,ª andª the¹ fettersª broken in pieces:ª° neitherª couldª° any¹ man tameª° him.ª²

for, so often as with shackles and chains he had been bound, the chains he had broken, and the shackles he had burst asunder; and no man could subdue him.

because, as often as he had been confined with fetters and chains, he had broken the chains and burst the fetters: and no one could subdue him.

διὰ τὸ αὐτὸν πολλάκις πέδαις καὶ ἁλύσεσι δεδέσθαι καὶ διεσπάσθαι ὑπ' αὐτοῦ τὰς ἁλύσεις καὶ τὰς πέδας συντετρίφθαι, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἴσχυεν αὐτὸν δαμάσαι:

through to-the-one to-it much-oft unto-footings and unto-un-loosings to-have-had-come-to-be-binded and to-have-had-come-to-be-through-drawn-unto under of-it to-the-ones to-un-loosings and to-the-ones to-footings to-have-had-come-to-be-rubbed-together, and not-moreover-one it-was-force-holding to-it to-have-tamed-to.