The Shipwreck
Acts 27:29
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.
- KJV
- Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
- WEB
- Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight.
- ASV
- 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.
- LSV
- and fearing lest we may fall on rough places, having cast four anchors out of the stern, they were wishing day to come.
- YLT
- and fearing lest on rough places we may fall, out of the stern having cast four anchors, they were wishing day to come.
- DBY
- and fearing lest we should be cast on rocky places, casting four anchors out of the stern, they wished that day were come.
- DRC
- Then fearing lest we should fall upon rough places, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
- GNV
- Then fearing least they should haue fallen into some rough places, they cast foure ancres out of the sterne, and wished that the day were come.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read κατὰ (“on”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read εἰς (“into”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text, Greek reading followed by the King James Version read ἐκπέσωμεν (“we may fall”); Textus Receptus read ἐκπέσωσιν (“they may fall”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place μή elsewhere in this verse.
- Spelling of που: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text: μήπως.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: μή που κατὰ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read μή που κατὰ; Robinson–Pierpont read μήπως εἰς.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- φοβούμενοί τε μή που κατὰ τραχεῖς τόπους ἐκπέσωμεν ἐκ πρύμνης ῥίψαντες ἀγκύρας τέσσαρας ηὔχοντο ἡμέραν γενέσθαι.
- RP2018
- φοβούμενοί τε μήπως εἰς τραχεῖς τόπους ἐκπέσωμεν, ἐκ πρύμνης ῥίψαντες ἀγκύρας τέσσαρας, ηὔχοντο ἡμέραν γενέσθαι.
- TR-Boyd
- φοβούμενοί τε μήπως εἰς τραχεῖς τόπους ἐκπέσωσιν, ἐκ πρύμνης ῥίψαντες ἀγκύρας τέσσαρας, ηὔχοντο ἡμέραν γενέσθαι.ἐκπέσωσιν ¦ ἐκπέσωμεν SCR
- SCR1894
- φοβουμενοι τε μηπως εις τραχεις τοπους εκπεσωμεν εκ πρυμνης ριψαντες αγκυρας τεσσαρας ηυχοντο ημεραν γενεσθαι
Who and where
◆ Paul's Journey to Rome◆ Paul is shipwrecked by a storm
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Cross-references most cited first
- Acts 27:17After 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.
- Hebrews 6:19We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,
- Acts 27:26However, we must run aground on some island.”
- Psalms 130:6My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning— more than watchmen wait for the morning.
- Deuteronomy 28:67In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread in your hearts of the terrifying sights you will see.
- Acts 27:40–41Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach. But the vessel struck a sandbar and ran aground.…
- Acts 27:30Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.
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