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.
In other versions
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.
ASV
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.
BBE
and fearing lest we should be cast on rocky places, casting four anchors out of the stern, they wished that day were come.
DBY
Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight.
WEB
and fearing lest on rough places we may fall, out of the stern having cast four anchors, they were wishing day to come.
YLT
Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
ENG
Then fearing lest we should fall upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
WBT
Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.
BSB
In context
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,
31Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.