The Book of Mormon

Mosiah 7:11

1830 Edition

And now, for this cause have I suffered that ye should be preserved, that I might inquire of you, or else I should have caused that my guards should have put you to death.—Ye are permitted to speak.

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And now, for this cause have I suffered that ye should be preserved, that I might inquire of you, or else I should have caused that my guards should have put you to death. Ye are permitted to speak.

Simple English

“I have kept you alive so I could ask you questions. If I had not, my guards would have killed you. You may speak now.”

Paraphrase

“The only reason I let you live was so I could question you. Otherwise my guards would have killed you. You may speak.”