The Shipwreck
Acts 27:42
In 9 translations
- BSB
- The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.
- KJV
- 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.
- ASV
- And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
- LSV
- And the soldiers’ counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest anyone having swam out should escape,
- YLT
- And the soldiers' counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one having swam out should escape,
- DBY
- And [the] counsel of the soldiers was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one should swim off and escape.
- DRC
- And the soldiers’ counsel was, that they should kill the prisoners, lest any of them, swimming out, should escape.
- GNV
- Then the souldiers counsell was to kill the prisoners, least any of them, when he had swomme out, should flee away.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read διαφύγῃ (“may escape”); Textus Receptus read διαφύγοι (“would escape”).
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- τῶν δὲ στρατιωτῶν βουλὴ ἐγένετο ἵνα τοὺς δεσμώτας ἀποκτείνωσιν, μή τις ἐκκολυμβήσας διαφύγῃ·
- RP2018
- Τῶν δὲ στρατιωτῶν βουλὴ ἐγένετο ἵνα τοὺς δεσμώτας ἀποκτείνωσιν, μή τις ἐκκολυμβήσας διαφύγῃ.
- TR-Boyd
- Τῶν δὲ στρατιωτῶν βουλὴ ἐγένετο ἵνα τοὺς δεσμώτας ἀποκτείνωσι, μή τις ἐκκολυμβήσας διαφύγοι.
- SCR1894
- των δε στρατιωτων βουλη εγενετο ινα τους δεσμωτας αποκτεινωσιν μη τις εκκολυμβησας διαφυγοι
Who and where
◆ Paul's Journey to Rome◆ Paul is shipwrecked by a storm
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Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 12:10A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.
- Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
- Acts 12:19After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.
- Luke 23:40–41But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment? We are punished justly, for we are receiving what our actions deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”
- Mark 15:15–20And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified. Then the soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called…
- Psalms 74:20Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
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