¹⁸And because^* we were violently battered by the storm, on the next day they began^k jettisoning the cargo,^* ¹⁹and on the third day they threw overboard the gear of the ship with their own hands.

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Footnotes

*Here “because” is supplied as a component of the causal genitive absolute participle (“battered by the storm”)
kLiterally “they began to carry out”
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Since we were violently storm-tossed, they began the next day to jettison the cargo. And on the third day they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

We took such a violent battering from the storm that the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard. On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Because we were being severely battered by the storm, they began to jettison the cargo the next day. On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.

NLTNew Living Translation

The next day, as gale-force winds continued to batter the ship, the crew began throwing the cargo overboard. The following day they even took some of the ship’s gear and threw it overboard.

KJV 1900King James Version

And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship; And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.

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