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

42 The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, lest any should swim away and escape.

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

42 The soldiers wanted to kill the prisoners to make sure they didn’t swim ashore and escape.

42 The soldiers decided to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim away and escape.

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

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

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

42 The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners so that no one could swim away and escape.

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

42 Now the plan of the soldiers was that they would kill the prisoners lest any escape by swimming away,

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

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