New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Acts 27:17
Compare this verse across Bible translations. BLB includes New Testament text only (publisher draft).
Berean Standard Bible
After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.
King James Version
Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.
World English Bible
After they had hoisted it up, they used cables to help reinforce the ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered the sea anchor, and so were driven along.
American Standard Version
and when they had hoisted it up, they used helps, under-girding the ship; and, fearing lest they should be cast upon the Syrtis, they lowered the gear, and so were driven.
Berean Literal Bible
which having taken up, they began using supports, undergirding the ship. And fearing lest they might fall into the sandbars of Syrtis, having lowered the gear, thus they were driven along.
READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Acts 27
16 Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.
18 We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.
19 On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.
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