Acts 27:29 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Fearing that we might run on the rocks, they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then fearing that we might fall off [our course] onto rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and kept wishing for daybreak to come.

American Standard Version (1901)

And fearing lest haply we should be cast ashore on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for the day.

Common English Bible

Afraid that we might run aground somewhere on the rocks, they hurled out four anchors from the stern and began to pray for daylight.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then, fearing that we might happen upon rough places, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and they were hoping for daylight to arrive soon.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Then fearing lest we should fall upon rough places, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

Acts 27:29 Cross References

Psalm 130:6

my soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning.

Acts 27:17

After hoisting it up they took measures to undergird the ship; then, fearing that they would run on the Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and so were driven.

Acts 27:26

But we will have to run aground on some island.”

Acts 27:28

So they took soundings and found twenty fathoms; a little farther on they took soundings again and found fifteen fathoms.

Acts 27:30

But when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and had lowered the boat into the sea on the pretext of putting out anchors from the bow,

Deuteronomy 28:67

In the morning you shall say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and at evening you shall say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread that your heart shall feel and the sights that your eyes shall see.

Hebrews 6:19

We have this hope, a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters the inner shrine behind the curtain,