Acts 27:42

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

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

KJV: And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.

GWT: The soldiers had a plan to kill the prisoners to keep them from swimming away and escaping.

ASV: And the soldiers counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them'should swim out, and escape.

BBE: Then the armed men were for putting the prisoners to death, so that no one would get away by swimming.

DBY: And the counsel of the soldiers was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one should swim off and escape.

DRB: And the soldiers' counsel was, that they should kill the prisoners, lest any of them, swimming out, should escape.

WBS: And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.

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

YLT: And the soldiers' counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one having swam out should escape,