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Acts 27:28
4 | About 120 feet; a fathom (Greek orguia) was about 6 feet or 2 meters |
5 | About 90 feet (see previous note) |
Acts 27:28 — The New International Version (NIV)
28 They took soundings and found that the water was a hundred and twenty feet deep. A short time later they took soundings again and found it was ninety feet deep.
Acts 27:28 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
28 And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
Acts 27:28 — New Living Translation (NLT)
28 They dropped a weighted line and found that the water was 120 feet deep. But a little later they measured again and found it was only 90 feet deep.
Acts 27:28 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
28 And they took soundings and found it to be twenty fathoms; and when they had gone a little farther, they took soundings again and found it to be fifteen fathoms.
Acts 27:28 — New Century Version (NCV)
28 so they lowered a rope with a weight on the end of it into the water. They found that the water was one hundred twenty feet deep. They went a little farther and lowered the rope again. It was ninety feet deep.
Acts 27:28 — American Standard Version (ASV)
28 and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms; and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.
Acts 27:28 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
28 and having sounded found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther and having again sounded they found fifteen fathoms;
Acts 27:28 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
28 So they threw a line with a weight on it into the water. It sank 120 feet. They waited a little while and did the same thing again. This time the line sank 90 feet.
Acts 27:28 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
28 They took a sounding and found it to be 120 feet deep; when they had sailed a little farther and sounded again, they found it to be 90 feet deep.
Acts 27:28 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
28 So they took soundings and found twenty fathoms; a little farther on they took soundings again and found fifteen fathoms.
Acts 27:28 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
28 And taking soundings, they found twenty fathoms. So going on a little further and taking soundings again, they found fifteen fathoms.
Acts 27:28 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
28 They measured how deep the water was. They found that it was 120 feet deep. A short time later they measured the water again. This time it was 90 feet deep.
Acts 27:28 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
28 They took soundings and found it to be twenty fathoms; and a little farther on they took another sounding and found it to be fifteen fathoms.
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