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


In Context

25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even so as it hath been spoken unto me.

26 Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.

27 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven to and fro in the sea of Adria, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some country;

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

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

30 And as the sailors were seeking to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would lay out anchors from the foreship,

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 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.