KJV King James Version
Which 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.
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Acts 27:17
Which 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
After they had hoisted it up, they used cables to help reinforce the ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered the sea anchor, and so were driven along.
ASV American Standard Version
and when they had hoisted it up, they used helps, under-girding the ship; and, fearing lest they should be cast upon the Syrtis, they lowered the gear, and so were driven.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
which having taken up, they were using helps, undergirding the ship, and fearing lest they may fall on the quicksand, having let down the mast—so were borne on.
Surrounding context — Acts 27
14 But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.
15 And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let [her] drive.
16 And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
17 Which 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.
18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next [day] they lightened the ship;
19 And the third [day] we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
20 And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on [us], all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
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ἣνG3739 · hos, hēwhichἄραντεςG142 · airōto take upβοηθείαιςG996 · boētheiahelpἐχρῶντοG5530 · chraōto useὑποζωννύντεςG5269 · hupozōnnumito undergirdτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoπλοῖον·G4143 · ploionboatφοβούμενοίG5399 · phobeōto fearτεG5037 · teand/bothμὴG3361 · mēnotεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoΣύρτινG4950 · surtisSyrtisἐκπέσωσινG1601 · ekpiptōto fall outχαλάσαντεςG5465 · chalaōto lowerτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoσκεῦος,G4632 · skeuosvesselοὕτωςG3779 · ohutō, ohutōsthus(-ly)ἐφέροντο.G5342 · pherōto bear/lead
Cross-references
Acts 27:29Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.Acts 27:41And 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.Acts 27:26Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
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