Verse Comparison: Acts 27:42
American Standard Version
And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any `of them' should swim out, and escape.
Amplified® Bible
It was the counsel of the soldiers to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim to land and escape;
Contemporary English Version
The soldiers decided to kill the prisoners to keep them from swimming away and escaping.
Darby English Version
And [the] counsel of the soldiers was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one should swim off and escape.
Good News Bible
The soldiers made a plan to kill all the prisoners, in order to keep them from swimming ashore and escaping.
International Standard Version
The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners to keep them from swimming ashore and escaping,
King James Version
And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
New American Standard Bible
The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners, so that none {of them} would swim away and escape;
New International Version
The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners to prevent any of them from swimming away and escaping.
New King James Version
And the soldiers%u2019 plan was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim away and escape.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The soldiers' planned to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim away and escape;
Young's Literal Translation
And the soldiers' counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one having swam out should escape,
