Alma 49:7
~72 BC
1830 Edition
And being thus prepared, they supposed that they should easily overpower and subject their brethren to the yoke of bondage, or slay and massacre them according to their pleasure.
Influences
Galatians 5:1 (KJV)
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Changes
And being thus prepared, they supposed that they should easily overpower and subject their brethren to the yoke of bondage, or slay and massacre them according to their pleasure.
Simple English
Being prepared like this, they thought they would easily beat their brothers and force them to be slaves or kill them.
Paraphrase
Fully armed and ready, they figured they’d easily crush the Nephites, enslave them, or slaughter them at will.