Acts 27:30 - The Scriptures 2009

But when the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under pretence of going to cast out anchors from the prow,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And as the sailors were trying to escape [secretly] from the ship and were lowering the small boat into the sea, pretending that they were going to lay out anchors from the bow,

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

The sailors tried to abandon the ship by lowering the lifeboat into the sea, pretending they were going to lower anchors from the bow.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Yet truly, the sailors were seeking a way to flee from the ship, for they had lowered a lifeboat into the sea, on the pretext that they were attempting to cast anchors from the bow of the ship.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But as the shipmen sought to fly out of the ship, having let down the boat into the sea, under colour, as though they would have cast anchors out of the forepart of the ship,

Acts 27:30 Cross References

Acts 27:16

And having run under a small island called Klauda, we were hardly able to control the small boat.

Acts 27:27

And when the fourteenth night came, as we were driven up and down in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were drawing near some land.

Acts 27:29

And, fearing lest we should run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern, and were praying for day to come.

Acts 27:31

Sha’ul said to the captain and the soldiers, “If these do not remain in the ship, it is impossible for you to be saved.”

Acts 27:32

Then the soldiers did cut the ropes of the boat and let it fall off.