Acts 27:15 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

¹⁵ When the ship was caught by the storm and could not head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ And when the ship was caught and was unable to head against the wind, we gave up and, letting her drift, were borne along.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ and when the ship was caught, and could not face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ The ship was caught in the storm and couldn’t be turned into the wind. So we gave in to it, and it carried us along.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ And once the ship had been caught in it and was not able to strive against the wind, giving over the ship to the winds, we were driven along.

Acts 27:15 Tagairtí Cros

Acts 27:14

But before long, a hurricane-force wind called Euroclydon swept down from the island.

Acts 27:16

Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we were able with difficulty to secure the skiff.

Acts 27:27

When the fourteenth night had come, as we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were approaching some land.

James 3:4

Or take ships for example, though they are so large and driven by fierce winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot directs.