And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
Acts 27:27 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven to and fro in the sea of Adria, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some country; More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The fourteenth night had come and we were drifting and being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, when about midnight the sailors began to suspect that they were drawing near to some land. American Standard Version (1901) But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven to and fro in the sea of Adria, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some country: Common English Bible On the fourteenth night, we were being carried across the Adriatic Sea. Around midnight the sailors began to suspect that land was near. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, after the fourteenth night arrived, as we were navigating in the sea of Adria, about the middle of the night, the sailors believed that they saw some portion of the land. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But after the fourteenth night was come, as we were sailing in Adria, about midnight, the shipmen deemed that they discovered some country. |
And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms: and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.
And as the sailors were seeking to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would lay out anchors from the foreship,
for in one hour so great riches is made desolate. And every shipmaster, and every one that saileth any whither, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood afar off,