KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Acts 27:20
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.
WEB World English Bible
When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.
ASV American Standard Version
And when neither sun nor stars shone upon us for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was now taken away.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little tempest lying upon us, thenceforth all hope was taken away of our being saved.
Surrounding context — 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.
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.
21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of [any man’s] life among you, but of the ship.
23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
μήτεG3383 · mēteneitherδὲG1161 · dethenἡλίουG2246 · hēliossunμήτεG3383 · mēteneitherἄστρωνG798 · astronstarἐπιφαινόντωνG2014 · epiphainōto appearἐπὶG1909 · epiupon/to/againstπλείοναςG4119 · pleiōn, pleiongreaterἡμέρας,G2250 · hēmeradayχειμῶνόςG5494 · cheimōnwinterτεG5037 · teand/bothοὐκG3756 · ounoὀλίγουG3641 · oligoslittle/fewἐπικειμένουG1945 · epikeimaito lay onλοιπὸνG3063 · loiponhenceforthπεριῃρεῖτοG4014 · periaireōto take awayἐλπὶςG1680 · elpishopeπᾶσαG3956 · pasallτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoσῴζεσθαιG4982 · sōzōto saveἡμᾶς.G3165 · meme
Cross-references
Matthew 8:24-25And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.Matthew 24:29Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:Exodus 10:21-23And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness [which] may be felt.Isaiah 57:10Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; [yet] saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.Jeremiah 2:25Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.1 Thessalonians 4:13But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.Ezekiel 37:11Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.Ephesians 2:12That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:2 Corinthians 11:25Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;Jonah 1:11-14Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.Jonah 1:4But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.Psalm 105:28He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.Psalm 107:25-27For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
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