Acts 27:28
King James Version (KJV)
And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
In context
26 Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
27 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;
28 And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
Acts 27:28 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
- WEB World English Bible
- They took soundings and found twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.
- ASV American Standard Version
- and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms; and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms,
- DBY Darby Translation
- and having sounded found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther and having again sounded they found fifteen fathoms;
- WBS Webster Bible
- And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.