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


In Context

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,

31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, 'If these do not remain in the ship — ye are not able to 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 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 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.