28And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.


In Context

25 Why, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.

26 However, we must be cast on a certain island.

27 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;

28 And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.

29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen on rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under color as though they would have cast anchors out of the bow,

Acts 27:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:28And sounded, and found [it] twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found [it] fifteen fathoms.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

27:28They took soundings and found that the water was a hundred and twenty feet deep. A short time later they took soundings again and found it was ninety feet deep.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:28Who also sounding, found twenty fathoms; and going on a little further, they found fifteen fathoms.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:28and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms; and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:28and having sounded found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther and having again sounded they found fifteen fathoms;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:28and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms: and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:28And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:28They took soundings, and found twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:28and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms,