Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship and cast out the wheat into the sea.
New American Standard Bible
When they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by
King James Version
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
Holman Bible
When they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by throwing the grain overboard into the sea.
International Standard Version
After they had eaten all they wanted, they began to lighten the ship by dumping its cargo of wheat into the sea.
A Conservative Version
And after being filled of food, they unloaded the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
American Standard Version
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
Amplified
After they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by throwing the
An Understandable Version
And when they had eaten sufficiently, they began lightening the ship [so it would float higher] by throwing their wheat overboard.
Anderson New Testament
When they were satisfied with food, they lightened the ship by throwing the provisions into the sea.
Bible in Basic English
And when they had had enough food, they made the weight of the ship less, turning the grain out into the sea.
Common New Testament
When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship by throwing out the wheat into the sea.
Daniel Mace New Testament
when they had eat enough, they threw the wheat over board to ease the ship:
Darby Translation
And having satisfied themselves with food, they lightened the ship, casting out the wheat into the sea.
Godbey New Testament
And having been revived by the food, they lightened the ship, casting the wheat over into the sea.
Goodspeed New Testament
When they had had enough to eat, they threw the wheat into the sea, in order to lighten the ship.
John Wesley New Testament
And when they were satisfied with food, they lightened the ship, casting out the wheat into the sea.
Julia Smith Translation
And satisfied with food, they lightened the ship, casting out the wheat into the sea.
King James 2000
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And [when they] had eaten their fill of food, they lightened the ship [by] throwing the wheat into the sea.
Modern King James verseion
And being filled with food, they lightened the ship, throwing the wheat into the sea.
Moffatt New Testament
and when they had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.
Montgomery New Testament
After eating a hearty meal, they began to lighten the ship by throwing the wheat overboard.
NET Bible
When they had eaten enough to be satisfied, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.
New Heart English Bible
When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
Noyes New Testament
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, casting out the grain into the sea.
Sawyer New Testament
And being satisfied with food they lightened the ship, casting the wheat into the sea.
The Emphasized Bible
And, when they were satisfied with food, they began lightening the ship, casting out the wheat into the sea.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and having made a hearty meal, they lightened the vessel, throwing the wheat into the sea.
Twentieth Century New Testament
After satisfying their hunger, they further lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
Webster
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast the wheat into the sea.
Weymouth New Testament
After eating a hearty meal they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat overboard.
Williams New Testament
When they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.
World English Bible
When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
Worrell New Testament
And, having been satisfied with food, they were lightening the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
Worsley New Testament
And when they were satisfied with food, they lightened the ship and cast out the corn into the sea.
Youngs Literal Translation
and having eaten sufficient nourishment, they were lightening the ship, casting forth the wheat into the sea.
Themes
Mariners (sailors) » Perils of
Paul » The ship is wrecked, and all on board take refuge on the island of melita (malta)
References
Smith
Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 27:38
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Violent Storm At Sea
37 We were all together in the ship, two hundred and three score and sixteen souls. 38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship and cast out the wheat into the sea. 39 When it was day they knew not the land, but they spied a certain haven with a bank, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
Names
Cross References
Jonah 1:5
And the mariners were afraid and cried every man unto his god, and cast out the goods that were in the ship in to the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah gat him under the hatches and laid him down and slumbered.
Job 2:4
Satan answered the LORD, and said, "Skin for skin? Yea, a man will give all that ever he hath, for his life.
Matthew 6:25
Therefore I say unto you, be not careful for your life what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, nor yet for your body, what raiment ye shall put on. Is not the life more worth than meat? and the body more of value than raiment?
Matthew 16:26
What shall it profit a man, though he should win all the whole world, if he lose his own soul? Or else, what shall a man give to redeem his soul again withal?
Acts 27:18-19
The next day when we were tossed with an exceeding tempest, they lightened the ship,
Hebrews 12:1
Wherefore let us also - seeing that we are compassed with so great a multitude of witnesses - lay away all that presseth down, and the sin that hangeth on us, and let us run with patience, unto the battle that is set before us,