Acts 27:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

We sailed slowly for a number of days and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus, and as the wind was against us, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For a number of days we made slow progress and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus; then, as the wind did not permit us to proceed, we went under the lee (shelter) of Crete off Salmone,

American Standard Version (1901)

And when we had sailed slowly many days, and were come with difficulty over against Cnidus, the wind not further suffering us, we sailed under the lee of Crete, over against Salmone;

Common English Bible

After many days of slow and difficult sailing, we arrived off the coast of Cnidus. The wind wouldn’t allow us to go farther, so we sailed under the shelter of Crete off Salmone.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And when we had sailed slowly for many days and had barely arrived opposite Cnidus, for the wind was hindering us, we sailed to Crete, near Salmone.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And when for many days we had sailed slowly, and were scarce come over against Gnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed near Crete by Salmone:

Acts 27:7 Cross References

Acts 2:11

Cretans and Arabs—in our own languages we hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power.”

Acts 27:21

Since they had been without food for a long time, Paul then stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me and not have set sail from Crete and thereby avoided this damage and loss.

Acts 27:4

Putting out to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were against us.

Titus 1:12

It was one of them, their very own prophet, who said, “Cretans are always liars, vicious brutes, lazy gluttons.”

Titus 1:5

I left you behind in Crete for this reason, so that you should put in order what remained to be done and should appoint elders in every town, as I directed you: