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


In Context

25 Wherefore be of good courage, men, for I believe God that thus it shall be, as it has been said to me.

26 But we must be cast ashore on a certain island.

27 And when the fourteenth night was come, we being driven about in Adria, towards the middle of the night the sailors supposed that some land neared them,

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

29 and fearing lest we should be cast on rocky places, casting four anchors out of the stern, they wished that day were come.

30 But the sailors wishing to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat into the sea under pretext of being about to carry out anchors from the prow,

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 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,

The American 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.