¹  One of them said, “Do not kill Joseph. But if you must do something, throw him into the bottom of a well so perhaps he may be picked up by some travellers.”  Dr. Mustafa Khattab

²  Another of them said: "Do not slay Joseph, but -rather - if you must do something - cast him into the dark depths of this well, [whence] some caravan may pick him up."   Muhammad Asad

³  One of them said, “Do not kill Joseph, but throw him into the bottom of the well; some caravan may pick him up—if you must do something.”  Talal Itani

⁴  Thereupon one of them said: "Do not kill Joseph, but if you are bent upon doing something, cast him down to the bottom of some dark pit, perhaps some caravan passing by will take him out of it."  Maududi

⁵  One from among them said: Kill not Yusuf (Joseph), but if you must do something, throw him down to the bottom of a well, he will be picked up by some caravan of travellers.  Muhsin Khan

⁶  [Another of them] said, ‘Do not kill Joseph, but, if you must, throw him into the hidden depths of a well where some caravan may pick him up.’  Muhammad Abdel Haleem

⁷  Said one who says: Kill not Joseph, but cast him into the bottom of a well. Some company of travelers will pick him out, if you had been ones who do this .  Dr.Leila Bakhtiar

⁸  One among them said: Kill not Joseph but, if ye must be doing, fling him into the depth of the pit; some caravan will find him.  Marmaduke Pickthall

⁹  Said a speaker among them, "Do not kill Joseph but throw him into the bottom of the well; some travelers will pick him up - if you would do [something]."  Sahih Int.

¹⁰  Said one of them: "Slay not Joseph, but if ye must do something, throw him down to the bottom of the well: he will be picked up by some caravan of travellers."  Yusuf Ali

¹¹  said a speaker among them, "(do) not kill yusuf but throw in the bottom (of) the well, will pick him some [the] caravan if you are doing."  Word by Word