Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 8:31:

• Noongar: “All the evil spirits begged Jesus not to send them into the dark hole.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “Those demons really asked that they not be shooed going to the sinkhole whose depth cannot be measured.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “And the demons really begged Isa asking not to be sent to hell.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And these demons, they begged Jesus that he not yet throw them into the bottomless pit.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Now there were many-pigs rooting-together there on the slope, so the evil-spirits begged Jesus to not send them below where would be their punishment, but rather to permit them to go possess those many-pigs. ‘Yes indeed,’ he said.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “And then those evil spirits kept begging-mercy from Jesus, that he would not cause them to go to the deepest canyon which is the place of endless punishment.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)