Acts 27:29 - Easy To Read Version

²⁹ The sailors were afraid that we would hit the rocks. So they threw four anchors into the water. Then they prayed for daylight to come.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ 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

²⁹ 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)

²⁹ 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

²⁹ 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

²⁹ 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

²⁹ 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

I am waiting for my Master.\par I am like guards waiting and waiting for the morning to come.\par

Acts 27:17

After the men took the lifeboat in, they tied ropes around the ship to hold the ship together. The men were afraid that the ship would hit the sandbanks of Syrtis. {\cf2\super [513]} So they lowered the sail and let the wind carry the ship.

Acts 27:26

But we will crash on an island.”

Acts 27:28

They threw a rope into the water with a weight on the end of it. They found that the water was 120 feet deep. They went a little farther and threw the rope in again. It was 90 feet deep.

Acts 27:30

Some of the sailors wanted to leave the ship. They lowered the lifeboat to the water. The sailors wanted the other men to think that they were throwing more anchors from the front of the ship.

Deuteronomy 28:67

In the morning you will say, ‘I wish it were evening!’ In the evening you will say, ‘I wish it were morning!’ Why? Because of the fear that will be in your heart, and because of the bad things you will see.

Hebrews 6:19

We have this hope. And it is like an anchor. It is strong and sure and keeps us safe. It goes behind the curtain {\cf2\super [51]} \{in the heavenly temple\}.