Tobit 8:3
Good News Translation
The smell drove the demon away from them, and he fled to Egypt. Raphael chased after him and caught him there. At once he bound him hand and foot.

New Revised Standard Version
The odor of the fish so repelled the demon that he fled to the remotest parts of Egypt. But Raphael followed him, and at once bound him there hand and foot.

Contemporary English Version
The terrible odor made the demon go all the way to Egypt, where Raphael captured him and immediately tied him up so tightly that he couldn't move.

New American Bible
The odor of the fish repulsed the demon, and it fled to the upper regions of Egypt; Raphael went in pursuit of it and there bound it hand and foot. Then Raphael returned immediately.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then the angel Raphael took the devil, and bound him in the desert of upper Egypt.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Then the angel Raphael took the devil, and bound him in the desert of upper Egypt.

Tobit 8:1
And after they had supped, they brought in the young man to her.

Tobit 8:2
And Tobias remembering the angel's word, took out of his bag part of the liver, and laid it upon burning coals.

Tobit 8:4
Then Tobias exhorted the virgin, and said to her: Sara, arise, and let us pray to God to day, and to morrow, and the next day: because for these three nights we are joined to God: and when the third night is over, we will be in our own wedlock.

Tobit 8:5
For we are the children of saints, and we must not be joined together like heathens that know not God.

Context
Tobit 8
2And Tobias remembering the angel's word, took out of his bag part of the liver, and laid it upon burning coals. 3Then the angel Raphael took the devil, and bound him in the desert of upper Egypt. 4Then Tobias exhorted the virgin, and said to her: Sara, arise, and let us pray to God to day, and to morrow, and the next day: because for these three nights we are joined to God: and when the third night is over, we will be in our own wedlock.…
Cross References
Tobit 8:1
And after they had supped, they brought in the young man to her.

Tobit 8:2
And Tobias remembering the angel's word, took out of his bag part of the liver, and laid it upon burning coals.

Tobit 8:4
Then Tobias exhorted the virgin, and said to her: Sara, arise, and let us pray to God to day, and to morrow, and the next day: because for these three nights we are joined to God: and when the third night is over, we will be in our own wedlock.

Tobit 8:5
For we are the children of saints, and we must not be joined together like heathens that know not God.



(T To Tob Tobias)

Tobit 8:2
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