they reeled and staggered like drunken men, and were at their wits' end.
Acts 27:18 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) As we were violently storm-tossed, they began next day to throw the cargo overboard; More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As we were being dangerously tossed about by the violence of the storm, the next day they began to throw the freight overboard; American Standard Version (1901) And as we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the freight overboard; Common English Bible We were so battered by the violent storm that the next day the men began throwing cargo overboard. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, since we were being tossed about strongly by the tempest, on the following day, they threw the heavy items overboard. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And we being mightily tossed with the tempest, the next day they lightened the ship. |
they reeled and staggered like drunken men, and were at their wits' end.
Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried to his god; and they threw the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down, and was fast asleep.
For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his life?
The master commended the dishonest steward for his shrewdness; for the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.
and the third day they cast out with their own hands the tackle of the ship.
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,