31 And they began to beg him not to order them to depart into the abyss.
31 And they besoughtD7273 him that he would not command them to go away into the bottomless pitD7274.
besought - Or 'he besought.' pit - The word elsewhere translated 'abyss;' Rom. 10.7; Rev. 9.1, &c.
31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.