Acts 27:15

Acts chapter 27 · verse 15 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

and when the ship was caught, and could not face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven.

King James Version · 1611

And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.

American Standard Version · 1901

and when the ship was caught, and could not face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven.

v.14But after no long time there beat down from it a tempestuous wind, which is called Euraquilo:

v.15This passage

v.16And running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat:

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

James 3:4
Behold, the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by rough winds, are yet turned about by a very small rudder, whither the impulse of the steersman willeth.
Acts 27:27
But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven to and fro in the sea of Adria, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some country: