18We took such a violent battering from the storm that the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard.


In Context

15 The ship was caught by the storm and could not head into the wind; so we gave way to it and were driven along.

16 As we passed to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were hardly able to make the lifeboat secure.

17 When the men had hoisted it aboard, they passed ropes under the ship itself to hold it together. Fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and let the ship be driven along.

18 We took such a violent battering from the storm that the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard.

19 On the third day, they threw the ship's tackle overboard with their own hands.

20 When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the storm continued raging, we finally gave up all hope of being saved.

Acts 27:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:18And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next [day] they lightened the ship;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:18And we being mightily tossed with the tempest, the next day they lightened the ship.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:18And as we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the the freight overboard;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:18But the storm being extremely violent on us, on the next day they threw cargo overboard,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:18And as we laboured exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the freight overboard;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:18And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:18As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:18And we, being exceedingly tempest-tossed, the succeeding day they were making a clearing,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:18And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;