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New American Standard Bible
They took soundings and found it to be twenty fathoms; and a little farther on they took another sounding and found it to be fifteen fathoms.
King James Version
And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
Holman Bible
They took a sounding and found it to be 120 feet
International Standard Version
After taking soundings, they found the depth to be twenty fathoms. A little later, they took soundings again and found it was fifteen fathoms.
A Conservative Version
And having tossed lead, they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and having tossed lead again, they found fifteen fathoms.
American Standard Version
and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms; and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.
Amplified
So they took soundings [using a weighted line] and found [the depth to be] twenty fathoms (120 feet); and a little farther on they sounded again and found [the depth to be] fifteen fathoms (90 feet).
An Understandable Version
So, they tested for depth and found [they were in] feet [of water]. Then a little later they tested again and found it to be 90 Feet.
Anderson New Testament
And they sounded, and found twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, and sounded again, they found fifteen fathoms.
Bible in Basic English
And they let down the lead, and saw that the sea was a hundred and twenty feet deep; and after a little time they did it again and it was ninety feet.
Common New Testament
They took soundings and found it to be twenty fathoms; and a little farther on they took soundings again and found it to be fifteen fathoms.
Daniel Mace New Testament
they threw the line and sounded twenty fathom water: a little further they sounded again, and came to fifteen fathom:
Darby Translation
and having sounded found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther and having again sounded they found fifteen fathoms;
Godbey New Testament
And having sounded, they found it twenty fathoms; and moving on a short distance, and sounding again, they found it fifteen fathoms;
Goodspeed New Testament
On taking soundings, they found a depth of twenty fathoms, and a little later, taking soundings again, they found a depth of fifteen.
John Wesley New Testament
And sounding, they found twenty fathoms; and having gone a little farther, sounding again, they found fifteen fathoms.
Julia Smith Translation
And having sounded, they found twenty fathoms; and having removed a little, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms.
King James 2000
And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And taking soundings, they found twenty fathoms. So going on a little [further] and taking soundings again, they found fifteen fathoms.
Modern King James verseion
And sounding they found it twenty fathoms; and moving a little further, and sounding again, they found it fifteen fathoms.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and they sounded, and found it twenty fathoms; And when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.
Moffatt New Testament
On taking soundings they found twenty fathoms, and a little further on, when they sounded again, they found fifteen.
Montgomery New Testament
So they sounded and found twenty fathoms; and after a little they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.
NET Bible
They took soundings and found the water was twenty fathoms deep; when they had sailed a little farther they took soundings again and found it was fifteen fathoms deep.
New Heart English Bible
They took soundings, and found twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.
Noyes New Testament
and sounding, they found twenty fathoms; and having gone a little further and sounded again, they found fifteen fathoms;
Sawyer New Testament
And sounding they found twenty fathoms, and going a little distance and sounding again they found fifteen fathoms;
The Emphasized Bible
and, sounding, they found twenty fathoms, - and, going a little further, and again sounding, they found fifteen fathoms.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and sounding, had twenty fathoms; then passing on a little farther, and sounding again, they had fifteen fathoms.
Twentieth Century New Testament
So they took soundings, and found twenty fathoms of water. After waiting a little, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.
Webster
And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
Weymouth New Testament
So they hove the lead and found twenty fathoms of water; and after a short time they hove again and found fifteen fathoms.
Williams New Testament
On taking soundings they found a depth of twenty fathoms; and a little later again taking soundings, they found it was fifteen.
World English Bible
They took soundings, and found twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.
Worrell New Testament
and, sounding, they found twenty fathoms; and, going a little further, and again sounding, they found fifteen fathoms.
Worsley New Testament
and sounding they found it twenty fathoms; and when they had gone a little farther, and sounded again, they found it fifteen fathoms.
Youngs Literal Translation
and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms,
Themes
Mariners (sailors) » Perils of
Paul » The ship is wrecked, and all on board take refuge on the island of melita (malta)
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 27:28
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Context Readings
A Violent Storm At Sea
27
But when the fourteenth night came, as we were being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors began to surmise that