Acts 27:39 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³⁹ When daylight came, they did not recognise the land but sighted a bay with a beach. They planned to run the ship ashore if they could.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁹ And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁹ Now when it was day [and they saw the land], they did not recognize it, but they noticed a bay with a beach on which they [taking counsel] purposed to run the ship ashore if they possibly could.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁹ And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they perceived a certain bay with a beach, and they took counsel whether they could drive the ship upon it.

Common English Bible

³⁹ In the morning light they saw a bay with a sandy beach. They didn’t know what land it was, but they thought they might possibly be able to run the ship aground.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁹ And when day had arrived, they did not recognize the landscape. Yet truly, they caught sight of a certain narrow inlet having a shore, into which they thought it might be possible to force the ship.

Acts 27:39 Cross References

Matthew 1:19

So her husband, Joseph, being a righteous man,  and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.

Acts 27:40

After cutting loose the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and headed for the beach.

Acts 28:1

Once safely ashore, we  then learned that the island was called Malta.