Acts 27:29
“Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Acts 27:29 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
And fearing lest haply we should be cast ashore on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for the day.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Then, as they were afraid of our being driven on some rocky coast, they let go four anchors from the stern, and longed for daylight.
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und indem sie fürchteten, wir möchten etwa auf felsige Orte verschlagen werden, warfen sie vom Hinterteil vier Anker aus und wünschten, daß es Tag würde.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y habiendo temor de dar en lugares escabrosos, echando cuatro anclas de la popa, deseaban que se hiciese de día.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E temendo de irem de encontro a lugares rochosos, lançaram da popa quatro âncoras, desejando que o dia viesse logo .
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Estavam com medo de bater nas rochas; então, baixaram quatro âncoras da popa, e oraram para que a manhã viesse logo.
📖 Acts 27:29 in Context
27But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;
28And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
29Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
30And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
31Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
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