Acts 27:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Since the ship was caught and could not be turned head-on into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And when the ship was caught and was unable to head against the wind, we gave up and, letting her drift, were borne along.

American Standard Version (1901)

and when the ship was caught, and could not face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven.

Common English Bible

The ship was caught in the storm and couldn’t be turned into the wind. So we gave in to it, and it carried us along.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And once the ship had been caught in it and was not able to strive against the wind, giving over the ship to the winds, we were driven along.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up against the wind, giving up the ship to the winds, we were driven.

Acts 27:15 Cross References

Acts 27:14

But soon a violent wind, called the northeaster, rushed down from Crete.

Acts 27:16

By running under the lee of a small island called Cauda we were scarcely able to get the ship’s boat under control.

Acts 27:27

When the fourteenth night had come, as we were drifting across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land.

James 3:4

Or look at ships: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, yet they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.