The Book of Mormon

Alma 56:43

1830 Edition

And now whether they were overtaken by Antipus, we knew not; but I said unto my men, Behold, we know not but they have halted for the purpose that we should come against them, that they might catch us in their snare;

Changes

And now, whether they were overtaken by Antipus, we knew not;, but I said unto my men,: Behold, we know not but they have halted for the purpose that we should come against them, that they might catch us in their snare;

Simple English

We didn’t know if Antipus had caught up to them. I said to my men: We don’t know why they stopped. Maybe they want us to attack them so they can trap us.

Paraphrase

“We didn’t know if Antipus had caught up with them or not. I told my men: ‘We don’t know—maybe they’ve stopped to trap us if we come back.’”