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


In Context

26 But we must be cast upon a certain isle.

27 When the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen suspected 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 fall upon 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 cast anchors out of the foreship,

31 Paul said to the centurion, and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

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 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.