Acts 27:29
Acts chapter 27 · verse 29 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And fearing lest haply we should be cast ashore on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for the day.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And fearing lest haply we should be cast ashore on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for the day.
Context
v.28and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms; and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.
v.29This passage
v.30And as the sailors were seeking to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, under color as though they would lay out anchors from the foreship,
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 27:17
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.
- Acts 27:26
But we must be cast upon a certain island.
- Hebrews 6:19
which we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and stedfast and entering into that which is within the veil;
- Acts 27:30
And as the sailors were seeking to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, under color as though they would lay out anchors from the foreship,
- Deuteronomy 28:67
In the morning thou shalt say, Would it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would it were morning! for the fear of thy heart which thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
- Acts 27:40
And casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosing the bands of the rudders; and hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.