Acts 27:29

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Acts 27:29

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.

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KJV

King James Version

Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

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WEB

World English Bible

Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

And fearing, lest we might fall somewhere on rocky places, having cast four anchors out of [the] stern, they were praying for day to come.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

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.

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.

²⁹ Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.

³⁰ Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.

³¹ But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”

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