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 27:29 - 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. 更多版本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. 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. English Standard Version 2016 And fearing that we might run on the rocks, they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come. |
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.
And upon dropping a weight, they found a depth of twenty paces. And some distance from there, they found a depth of fifteen paces.
Yet truly, the sailors were seeking a way to flee from the ship, for they had lowered a lifeboat into the sea, on the pretext that they were attempting to cast anchors from the bow of the ship.
In the morning you will say, 'Who will grant evening to me?' and at evening, 'Who will grant morning to me?' because of the dread of your heart, with which you will be terrified, and because of those things that you will see with your eyes.
This we have as an anchor of the soul, safe and sound, which advances even to the interior of the veil,