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Acts 27:28

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and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms; and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.

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Acts 27:28 in other translations

They took soundings, and found twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.

Acts 27:28 · World English Bible

Acts 27:28 in context

  1. 26But we must be cast upon a certain island.
  2. 27But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven to and fro in the sea of Adria, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some country:
  3. 28and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms; and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.
  4. 29And fearing lest haply we should be cast ashore on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for the day.
  5. 30And as the sailors were seeking to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, under color as though they would lay out anchors from the foreship,