Acts 27:29 - King James Version - American Edition

Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of 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 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 130:6

My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

Acts 27:17

which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, struck sail, and so were driven.

Acts 27:26

Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.

Acts 27:28

and sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.

Acts 27:30

And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under color as though they would have cast anchors out of 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 wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

Hebrews 6:19

which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;