Acts 27:17 - Y'all Version Bible

¹⁷ After hoisting it up, they used supporting cables under the ship to reinforce it. Fearing that they would run aground on Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and let themselves be carried along.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ After hoisting it on board, they used supports with ropes to undergird and brace the ship; then afraid that they would be driven into the Syrtis [quicksands off the north coast of Africa], they lowered the gear (sails and ropes) and so were driven along.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ and when they had hoisted it up, they used helps, under-girding the ship; and, fearing lest they should be cast upon the Syrtis, they lowered the gear, and so were driven.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ They brought the lifeboat aboard, then began to wrap the ship with cables to hold it together. Fearing they might run aground on the sandbars of the Gulf of Syrtis, they lowered the anchor and let the ship be carried along.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ When this was taken up, they used it to assist in securing the ship. For they were afraid that they might run aground. And having lowered the sails, they were being driven along in this way.

Acts 27:17 Tagairtí Cros

Acts 27:16

As we passed the shelter of a small island called Clauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.

Acts 27:26

But we must run aground on a certain island.”

Acts 27:29

Fearing that we would crash into the rocks, they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight to come.

Acts 27:40

After cutting loose the anchors, they left them in the sea, and at the same time they loosened the rudder ropes. Then they hoisted the foresail up into the wind and headed for the beach.

Acts 27:41

But they were pulled into a crosscurrent and ran the ship aground. The front of the ship was struck and became immovable, while the stern began to break up by the pounding waves.