The Shipwreck
Acts 27:39
In 9 translations
- BSB
- When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.
- KJV
- And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
- WEB
- When it was day, they didn’t recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay with a beach, and they decided to try to drive the ship onto it.
- ASV
- And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they perceived a certain bay with a beach, and they took counsel whether they could drive the ship upon it.
- LSV
- And when the day came, they were not discerning the land, but were perceiving a certain bay having a beach, into which they took counsel, if possible, to thrust forward the ship,
- YLT
- And when the day came, they were not discerning the land, but a certain creek were perceiving having a beach, into which they took counsel, if possible, to thrust forward the ship,
- DBY
- And when it was day they did not recognise the land; but they perceived a certain bay having a strand, on which they were minded, if they should be able, to run the ship ashore;
- DRC
- And when it was day, they knew not the land; but they discovered a certain creek that had a shore, into which they minded, if they could, to thrust in the ship.
- GNV
- And when it was day, they knewe not the countrey, but they spied a certaine creeke with a banke, into the which they were minded (if it were possible) to thrust in the ship.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἐβουλεύοντο (“they were determining”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐβουλεύσαντο (“they determined”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus read δύναιντο (“they would be able”); Byzantine text read δυνατόν (“[it was] possible”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐξῶσαι (“to drive [aground]”); Westcott–Hort read ἐκσῶσαι (“to save”).
SBLGNT apparatus (3)
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- SBLGNT: ἐβουλεύοντο. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐβουλεύοντο; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐβουλεύσαντο.
- SBLGNT: δύναιντο. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read δύναιντο; Robinson–Pierpont read δυνατόν.
- SBLGNT: ἐξῶσαι. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ἐξῶσαι; Westcott and Hort (1881) read ἐκσῶσαι.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Ὅτε δὲ ἡμέρα ἐγένετο, τὴν γῆν οὐκ ἐπεγίνωσκον, κόλπον δέ τινα κατενόουν ἔχοντα αἰγιαλὸν εἰς ὃν ἐβουλεύοντο εἰ δύναιντο ἐξῶσαι τὸ πλοῖον.
- RP2018
- Ὅτε δὲ ἡμέρα ἐγένετο, τὴν γῆν οὐκ ἐπεγίνωσκον· κόλπον δέ τινα κατενόουν ἔχοντα αἰγιαλόν, εἰς ὃν ἐβουλεύσαντο, εἰ δυνατόν, ἐξῶσαι τὸ πλοῖον.
- TR-Boyd
- Ὅτε δὲ ἡμέρα ἐγένετο, τὴν γῆν οὐκ ἐπεγίνωσκον· κόλπον δέ τινα κατενόουν ἔχοντα αἰγιαλόν, εἰς ὃν ἐβουλεύσαντο, εἰ δύναιντο, ἐξῶσαι τὸ πλοῖον.
- SCR1894
- οτε δε ημερα εγενετο την γην ουκ επεγινωσκον κολπον δε τινα κατενοουν εχοντα αιγιαλον εις ον εβουλευσαντο ει δυναιντο εξωσαι το πλοιον
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- Acts 28:1Once we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta.
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