²⁸so 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.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

So they took a sounding and found twenty fathoms. A little farther on they took a sounding again and found fifteen fathoms.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They took soundings and found it to be a hundred twenty feet deep; when they had sailed a little farther and sounded again, they found it to be ninety feet deep.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And taking soundings, they found twenty fathoms. So going on a little further and taking soundings again, they found fifteen fathoms.

KJV 1900King James Version

And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.

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