Verse Comparison: Acts 5:26
American Standard Version
Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them, `but' without violence; for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.
Amplified® Bible
Then the military leader went with the attendants and brought [the prisoners], but without violence, for they dreaded the people lest they be stoned by them.
Contemporary English Version
The captain went with some of the temple police and brought the apostles back. But they did not use force. They were afraid that the people might start throwing stones at them.
Darby English Version
Then the captain, having gone with the officers, brought them, not with violence, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.
Good News Bible
So the officer went off with his men and brought the apostles back. They did not use force, however, because they were afraid that the people might stone them.
International Standard Version
So the commander of the temple guards went with his men to bring them back without force, because they were afraid of being stoned to death by the people.
King James Version
Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
New American Standard Bible
Then the captain went along with the officers and {proceeded} to bring them {back} without violence (for they were afraid of the people, that they might be stoned).
New International Version
At that, the captain went with his officers and brought the apostles. They did not use force, because they feared that the people would stone them.
New King James Version
Then the captain went with the officers and brought them without violence, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then the captain went along with the officers and proceeded to bring them back without violence (for they feared the people, that they might stone them).
Young's Literal Translation
then the magistrate having gone away with officers, brought them without violence, for they were fearing the people, lest they should be stoned;
