Acts 27:29 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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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 looketh for the Lord, More than watchmen look for the morning; Yea, more than watchmen for the morning.

Acts 27:17

and when they had hoisted it up, they used helps, under-girding the ship; and, fearing lest they should be cast upon the Syrtis, they lowered the gear, and so were driven.

Acts 27:26

Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.

Acts 27:28

and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms: and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.

Acts 27:30

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,

Deuteronomy 28:67

in the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart which thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

Hebrews 6:19

which we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and stedfast and entering into that which is within the veil;