Acts 27:28

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.”

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BSBPD

“They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms; and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 27:28 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Ezekiel 3:6not to the many peoples of unfamiliar speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.

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