Acts 27:29
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Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.
In other translations
Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.
Greek words
φοβούμενοίphoboumenoiFearingG5399τεtethenG5037μήmēlestG3361πουpouperhapsG4458κατὰkataonG2596τραχεῖςtracheisrockyG5138τόπουςtopousplacesG5117ἐκπέσωμεν,ekpesōmenwe may fall,G1601ἐκekout of [the]G1537πρύμνηςprumnēssternG4403ῥίψαντεςrhipsanteshaving castG4496ἀγκύραςagkurasanchorsG45τέσσαραςtessarasfourG5064ηὔχοντοēuchontothey were praying forG2172ἡμέρανhēmerandayG2250γενέσθαι.genesthaito come.G1096
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Greek New Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Words marked TR or NA appear in only one of the two main Greek texts.
Related verses
- Acts 27:17Which 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.After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.
- Hebrews 6:19Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,
- Acts 27:30And 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,Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.
- Psalm 130:6My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning— more than watchmen wait for the morning.
- Deuteronomy 28:67In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread in your hearts of the terrifying sights you will see.
- Acts 27:40-4140 And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore. 41 And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.40 Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach. 41 But the vessel struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.
- Acts 27:26Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.However, we must run aground on some island.”
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