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


In Context

25 wherefore be of good cheer, men! for I believe God, that so it shall be, even as it hath been spoken to me,

26 and on a certain island it behoveth us to be cast.'

27 And when the fourteenth night came — we being borne up and down in the Adria — toward the middle of the night the sailors were supposing that some country drew nigh to them;

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

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

30 And the sailors seeking to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat to the sea, in pretence as if out of the foreship they are about to cast anchors,

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 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 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.