Matthew 14:24 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁴ [Meanwhile] the boat, still some distance from shore, was being severely battered by the waves because of the opposing winds.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ But the boat was by this time out on the sea, many furlongs [a furlong is one-eighth of a mile] distant from the land, beaten and tossed by the waves, for the wind was against them.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ But the boat was now in the midst of the sea, distressed by the waves; for the wind was contrary.

Common English Bible

²⁴ Meanwhile, the boat, fighting a strong headwind, was being battered by the waves and was already far away from land.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ But in the midst of the sea, the boat was being tossed about by the waves. For the wind was against them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ But the boat in the midst of the sea was tossed with the waves: for the wind was contrary.

Matthew 14:24 Cross References

Matthew 8:24

Suddenly a violent storm came up over the lake, so that [huge] waves began to overwhelm the boat. But Jesus was sleeping [through it all].

Mark 6:48

When He saw how distressed His disciples were, rowing against an opposing wind, Jesus came to them between three and six o’clock in the morning, walking on the water, and almost walked past them.

John 6:18

Then the water became choppy because of a strong wind that had begun to blow.

Acts 11:24

[Now] Barnabas was a good man who was full of the Holy Spirit and of faith [in the Lord], and many people were added to the [church of the] Lord.

Acts 27:4

We headed out to sea from there and sailed along the sheltered side of Cyprus because the wind was against us.