Acts 27:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ By running under the lee of a small island called Cauda we were scarcely able to get the ship’s boat under control.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ We ran under the shelter of a small island called Cauda, where we managed with [much] difficulty to draw the [ship's small] boat on deck and secure it.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat:

Common English Bible

¹⁶ After sailing under the shelter of an island called Cauda, we were able to control the lifeboat only with difficulty.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Then, being forced along a certain island, which is called the Tail, we were barely able to hold on to the ship's lifeboat.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And running under a certain island, that is called Cauda, we had much work to come by the boat.

Acts 27:16 Cross References

Acts 16:10

When he had seen the vision, we immediately tried to cross over to Macedonia, being convinced that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.

Acts 27:15

Since the ship was caught and could not be turned head-on into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven.

Acts 27:17

After hoisting it up they took measures to undergird the ship; then, fearing that they would run on the Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and so were driven.

Acts 27:30

But when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and had lowered the boat into the sea on the pretext of putting out anchors from the bow,