Acts 27:29
Acts 27:27-29 The Message (MSG)
On the fourteenth night, adrift somewhere on the Adriatic Sea, at about midnight the sailors sensed that we were approaching land. Sounding, they measured a depth of 120 feet, and shortly after that ninety feet. Afraid that we were about to run aground, they threw out four anchors and prayed for daylight.
Acts 27:29 King James Version (KJV)
Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
Acts 27:29 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Fearing that we might run aground somewhere on the rocks, they cast four anchors from the stern and wished for daybreak.
Acts 27:29 New Century Version (NCV)
The sailors were afraid that we would hit the rocks, so they threw four anchors into the water and prayed for daylight to come.
Acts 27:29 American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Acts 27:29 New International Version (NIV)
Fearing that we would be dashed against the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight.
Acts 27:29 New King James Version (NKJV)
Then, fearing lest we should run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern, and prayed for day to come.
Acts 27:29 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Then fearing that we might run aground somewhere on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern [to slow the ship] and kept wishing for daybreak to come.
Acts 27:29 New Living Translation (NLT)
At this rate they were afraid we would soon be driven against the rocks along the shore, so they threw out four anchors from the back of the ship and prayed for daylight.