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Acts 27:41

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41But falling into a place of crosscurrents,q they ran the ship aground. And the bow stuck fast and* stayed immovable, but the stern was being broken up by the violence.r

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Footnotes

  1. qOr “a reef”; literally “a place of two seas,” an expression of uncertain meaning but most likely a nautical technical term for some adverse sea condition
  2. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“stuck fast”) has been translated as a finite verb
  3. rSome manuscripts have “the violence of the waves”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But striking a reef, they ran the vessel aground. The bow stuck and remained immovable, and the stern was being broken up by the surf.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was broken to pieces by the pounding of the surf.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But they struck a sandbar and ran the ship aground. The bow jammed fast and remained immovable, while the stern began to break up by the pounding of the waves.

NLTNew Living Translation

But they hit a shoal and ran the ship aground too soon. The bow of the ship stuck fast, while the stern was repeatedly smashed by the force of the waves and began to break apart.

KJV 1900King James Version

And 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.