Acts 27:42 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.”
Acts 27:42 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Acts 27:42 in 6 Bible Translations
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Acts 27:42 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.”
Acts 27:42 — World English Bible
Acts 27:42 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape. ”
Acts 27:42 — American Standard Version
Acts 27:42 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the soldiers' counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one having swam out should escape,”
Acts 27:42 — Young's Literal Translation
Acts 27:42 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And [the] counsel of the soldiers was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one should swim off and escape. ”
Acts 27:42 — Darby Translation
Acts 27:42 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then the souldiers counsell was to kill the prisoners, least any of them, when he had swomme out, should flee away.”
Acts 27:42 — Geneva Bible
Acts 27:42 in Context — Acts 27
40 And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
41 And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.
42 And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:
44 And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.
What Does Acts 27:42 Mean?
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