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.
KJV: And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
WEY: Now the soldiers recommended that the prisoners should be killed, for fear some one of them might swim ashore and effect his 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,
