Acts 27:42
▸ Hear this chapter, lit word by wordAnd the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
— Acts 27:42, King James Version
In other translations
World English Bible (WEB)
The soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
And the soldiers' counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one having swam out should escape,