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.In other versions
and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms; and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.
ASV
And they let down the lead, and saw that the sea was a hundred and twenty feet deep; and after a little time they did it again and it was ninety feet.
BBE
and having sounded found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther and having again sounded they found fifteen fathoms;
DBY
They took soundings, and found twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms..
WEB
and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms,
YLT
And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
ENG
And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
WBT
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.
BSB
In context
26Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
27But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;
28And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
29Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
30And 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,