Acts 27:27 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁷ When the fourteenth night came, and while we were being tossed around [helplessly] in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the crew suspected they were nearing land.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ 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

²⁷ 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)

²⁷ 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

²⁷ 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

²⁷ 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

²⁷ But after the fourteenth night was come, as we were sailing in Adria, about midnight, the shipmen deemed that they discovered some country.

Acts 27:27 Cross References

Acts 27:26

But we must be washed onto the shore of a certain island.”

Acts 27:28

So, they tested for depth and found [they were in] 120 feet [of water]. Then a little later they tested again and found it to be 90 feet.

Acts 27:30

The crew had [by now] lowered the life-boat into the water, pretending to be dropping anchors from the bow, [but were in reality] attempting to abandon ship.

Revelation 18:17

For in a single hour [all] such great wealth was wasted.’ Then all the ships’ captains [Note: This word is literally “pilots”], passengers, crewmen and others who work in the maritime shipping industry stood at a distance