Acts 27:18

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

Acts 27:18

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.

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KJV

King James Version

And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next [day] they lightened the ship;

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WEB

World English Bible

As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And as we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw [the freight] overboard;

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

And [in] our being storm-tossed violently, on the next day they were making a jettison of cargo.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Acts 27

¹⁶ Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.

¹⁷ 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.

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.

²⁰ When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.

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