Acts 27:29
Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
Acts 27:29 in other translations
| BSB | Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak. |
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| WEB | Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight. |
| ASV | And fearing lest haply we should be cast ashore on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for the day. |
| YLT | and fearing lest on rough places we may fall, out of the stern having cast four anchors, they were wishing day to come. |
| DARBY | and fearing lest we should be cast on rocky places, casting four anchors out of the stern, they wished that day were come. |
| BBE | Then, fearing that by chance we might come on to the rocks, they let down four hooks from the back of the ship, and made prayers for the coming of day. |
| Webster | Then fearing lest we should fall upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. |
What does Acts 27:29 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 27:27-29
27-29. when the fourteenth night was come--from the time they left Fair Havens. as we were driven--drifting up and down in Adria--the Adriatic, that sea which lies between Greece and Italy. about midnight the shipmen deemed--no doubt from the peculiar sound of the breakers. that they drew near some country--"that some land was approaching them." This nautical language gives a graphic character to the narrative.
Barnes' Notes
And wished for the day. To discern more accurately their situation and danger.
(l) "wished for the day" Ps 130:6
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 27:21-29
They did not hearken to the apostle when he warned them of their danger; yet if they acknowledge their folly, and repent of it, he will speak comfort and relief to them when in danger. Most people bring themselves into trouble, because they do not know when they are well off; they come to harm and loss by aiming to mend their condition, often against advice. Observe the solemn profession Paul made of relation to…
Acts 27:29 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 27:29
- 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.
- Hebrews 6:19
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
- Acts 27:40-41
And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore. 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.
- Acts 27:26
Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
- Acts 27:30
And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
- Deuteronomy 28:67
In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
- Psalms 130:6
My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
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Context
- Acts 27:28
And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
- Acts 27:29
Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
- Acts 27:30
And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
Acts 27:29 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y habiendo temor de dar en lugares escabrosos, echando cuatro anclas de la popa, deseaban que se hiciese de día. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et craignant que nous ne donnions au milieu des écueils, ils jetèrent quatre ancres de la poupe et souhaitèrent que le jour vienne. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und indem sie fürchteten, wir möchten etwa auf felsige Orte verschlagen werden, warfen sie vom Hinterteil vier Anker aus und wünschten, daß es Tag würde. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Timentes autem ne in aspera loca incideremus, de puppi mittentes anchoras quatuor, optabant diem fieri. |