Acts 27:42

42The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners to prevent any of them from swimming away and escaping.

42The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim away and escape;

42The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would dive overboard and swim [to land] and escape;

42The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.

42And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.

42Then the souldiers counsell was to kill the prisoners, least any of them, when he had swomme out, should flee away.

42The soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.

42The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners. They wanted to keep them from swimming away and escaping.

42The soldiers decided to kill the prisoners that were on the ship. They did not want these men to swim to the land and escape.

42And the soldiers’ counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest anyone having swam out should escape,