Acts 27:28

Acts chapter 27 · verse 28 in three public-domain English translations with scriptural context

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms; and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms; and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.

Context

v.27But 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:

v.28This passage

v.29And fearing lest haply we should be cast ashore on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for the day.