they reeled and staggered like drunken men and were at their wits’ end.
Acts 27:18 - English Standard Version 2016 Since we were violently storm-tossed, they began the next day to jettison the cargo. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As we were being dangerously tossed about by the violence of the storm, the next day they began to throw the freight overboard; American Standard Version (1901) And as we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the freight overboard; Common English Bible We were so battered by the violent storm that the next day the men began throwing cargo overboard. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, since we were being tossed about strongly by the tempest, on the following day, they threw the heavy items overboard. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And we being mightily tossed with the tempest, the next day they lightened the ship. |
they reeled and staggered like drunken men and were at their wits’ end.
Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep.
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.
And on the third day they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,