அப்பொழுது காவல்பண்ணப்பட்டவர்களில் ஒருவனும் நீந்தி ஓடிப்போகாதபடிக்கு அவர்களைக் கொன்றுபோடவேண்டுமென்று போர்ச்சேவகர் யோசனையாயிருந்தார்கள்.
Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should 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.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
Then the armed men were for putting the prisoners to death, so that no one would get away by swimming.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
And [the] counsel of the soldiers was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one should swim off and escape.
World English Bible (WEB)
The soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would 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,
Cross Reference
Psalm 74:20
Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
Proverbs 12:10
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Ecclesiastes 9:3
This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
Mark 15:15
And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
Luke 23:40
But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
Acts 12:19
And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.
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