29Then fearing lest we should fall upon rough places, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.


In Context

26 And we must come unto a certain island.

27 But after the fourteenth night was come, as we were sailing in Adria, about midnight, the shipmen deemed that they discovered some country.

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

29 Then fearing lest we should fall upon rough places, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

30 But as the shipmen sought to fly out of the ship, having let down the boat into the sea, under colour, as though they would have cast anchors out of the forepart of the ship,

31 Paul said to the centurion, and to the soldiers: Except these stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.

Acts 27:29 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:29Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

27:29Fearing that we would be dashed against the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:29And fearing lest haply we should be cast ashore on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for the day.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:29and fearing lest we should be cast on rocky places, casting four anchors out of the stern, they wished that day were come.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:29And fearing lest haply we should be cast ashore on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for the day.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:29Then fearing lest we should fall upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:29Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:29and fearing lest on rough places we may fall, out of the stern having cast four anchors, they were wishing day to come.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:29Then fearing lest we should have fallen on rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.