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◄ Acts 27:28 ►
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New International Version : They took soundings and found that the water was a hundred and twenty feet deep. A short time later they took soundings again and found it was ninety feet deep.
New Living Translation : They dropped a weighted line and found that the water was 120 feet deep. But a little later they measured again and found it was only 90 feet deep.
English Standard Version : So they took a sounding and found twenty fathoms. A little farther on they took a sounding again and found fifteen fathoms.
Berean Study Bible : They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.
Berean Literal Bible : And having taken soundings, they found twenty fathoms. Then having gone a little farther and having taken soundings again, they found fifteen fathoms.
King James Bible : And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
New King James Version : And they took soundings and found it to be twenty fathoms; and when they had gone a little farther, they took soundings again and found it to be fifteen fathoms.
New American Standard Bible : And they took soundings and found it to be twenty fathoms; and a little farther on they took another sounding and found it to be fifteen fathoms.
NASB 1995 : They took soundings and found it to be twenty fathoms; and a little farther on they took another sounding and found it to be fifteen fathoms.
NASB 1977 : And they took soundings, and found it to be twenty fathoms; and a little farther on they took another sounding and found it to be fifteen fathoms.
Amplified Bible : So they took soundings [using a weighted line] and found [the depth to be] twenty fathoms (120 feet); and a little farther on they sounded again and found [the depth to be] fifteen fathoms (90 feet).
Christian Standard Bible : They took soundings and found it to be a hundred twenty feet deep; when they had sailed a little farther and sounded again, they found it to be ninety feet deep.
Holman Christian Standard Bible : They took a sounding and found it to be 120 feet deep; when they had sailed a little farther and sounded again, they found it to be 90 feet deep.
American Standard Version : and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms; and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English : And they cast an anchor and they found twenty fathoms and they journeyed again a little more and they found fifteen fathoms.
Contemporary English Version : They measured and found that the water was about 40 meters deep. A little later they measured again and found it was only about 30 meters.
Douay-Rheims Bible : Who also sounding, found twenty fathoms; and going on a little further, they found fifteen fathoms.
Good News Translation : So they dropped a line with a weight tied to it and found that the water was one hundred and twenty feet deep; a little later they did the same and found that it was ninety feet deep.
International Standard Version : After taking soundings, they found the depth to be twenty fathoms. A little later, they took soundings again and found it was fifteen fathoms.
Literal Standard Version : and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms,
New American Bible : They took soundings and found twenty fathoms; a little farther on, they again took soundings and found fifteen fathoms.
NET Bible : They took soundings and found the water was twenty fathoms deep; when they had sailed a little farther they took soundings again and found it was fifteen fathoms deep.
New Revised Standard Version : So they took soundings and found twenty fathoms; a little farther on they took soundings again and found fifteen fathoms.
New Heart English Bible : They took soundings, and found twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.
Weymouth New Testament : So they hove the lead and found twenty fathoms of water; and after a short time they hove again and found fifteen fathoms.
World English Bible : They took soundings, and found twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.
Young's Literal Translation : and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms,
Additional Translations ... Context
The Shipwreck 27 On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land. 28 They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms. 29Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.…
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Acts 27:27 On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.
Acts 27:29 Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.
Treasury of Scripture And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.