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the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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King James Version

Acts 27:15

And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Paul;   Thompson Chain Reference - Missionary Journeys;   Missions, World-Wide;   Paul's;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Crete;   Euroclydon;   Julius;   Melita;   Ship;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Crete;   Ship;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ordination;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Centurion;   Clauda;   Crete;   Melita;   Ship;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Ephesians, Book of;   Fair Havens;   Luke;   Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Italy;   Nero;   Ships and Boats;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Cauda;   Fast, the ;   Ship ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Crete, Cretians;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Melita;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ship;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bear;   Lycia;   Phoenix;  

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
The ship couldn't be turned in such a strong wind and so the sailors just shucked the reins and let her run.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and when the ship was caught in it and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and let ourselves be driven along.
Legacy Standard Bible
and when the ship was caught in it and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and let ourselves be carried along.
Bible in Basic English
And when the ship got into the grip of it, and was not able to make headway into the wind, we gave way, and went before it.
Darby Translation
And the ship being caught and driven, and not able to bring her head to the wind, letting her go we were driven [before it].
New King James Version
So when the ship was caught, and could not head into the wind, we let her drive.
Christian Standard Bible®
Since the ship was caught and was unable to head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.
World English Bible
When the ship was caught, and couldn't face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven along.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And the ship being caught, and not able to bear up against the wind, we let her drive.
Weymouth's New Testament
She was unable to make headway against the gale; so we gave up and let her drive.
King James Version (1611)
And when the ship was caught, and could not beare vp into the winde, we let her driue.
Literal Translation
And the ship being seized, and not being able to beat against the wind, giving way we were borne along.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan the shippe was caught, and coulde not resist ye wynde, we let her go, and draue with the wedder.
Mace New Testament (1729)
we could not go upon the wind, but were forc'd to let her drive.
Amplified Bible
and when the ship was caught in it and could not head against the wind [to gain stability], we gave up and [letting her drift] were driven along.
American Standard Version
and when the ship was caught, and could not face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven.
Revised Standard Version
and when the ship was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And when the ship was caught and coulde not resist the wynde we let her goo and drave with the wether.
Update Bible Version
and when the ship was caught, and could not face the wind, we gave way [to it,] and were driven.
Webster's Bible Translation
And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let [her] drive.
Young's Literal Translation
and the ship being caught, and not being able to bear up against the wind, having given [her] up, we were borne on,
New Century Version
The ship was caught in it and could not sail against it. So we stopped trying and let the wind carry us.
New English Translation
When the ship was caught in it and could not head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.
Berean Standard Bible
Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.
Contemporary English Version
The wind struck the ship, and we could not sail against it. So we let the wind carry the ship.
Complete Jewish Bible
The ship was caught up and unable to face the wind, so we gave way to it and were driven along.
English Standard Version
And when the ship was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when the ship was caught, and could not resist the winde, we let her goe, and were caried away.
George Lamsa Translation
And when the ship was caught, and could not bear against the wind, we let her drive.
Hebrew Names Version
When the ship was caught, and couldn't face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven along.
International Standard Version
The ship was caught so that it couldn't face the wind, and we gave up and were swept along.
Etheridge Translation
and the ship was carried away, and could not stand against the wind, and we gave her into its hand.
Murdock Translation
And the ship was whirled about by the wind, and could not keep head to it; and we resigned [fn] to its power.
New Living Translation
The sailors couldn't turn the ship into the wind, so they gave up and let it run before the gale.
New Life Bible
The ship was stopped by the wind. After awhile we gave up and let it go with the wind.
English Revised Version
and when the ship was caught, and could not face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven.
New Revised Standard
Since the ship was caught and could not be turned head-on into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, the ship being caught and we not being able to bring her head to the wind, we let her go, and were borne along.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when the ship was caught and could not bear up against the wind, giving up the ship to the winds, we were driven.
Lexham English Bible
And when the ship was caught and was not able to head into the wind, we gave way and were driven along.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when the shippe was caught, and coulde not resist the wynde, we let her go, and were dryuen with the weather.
Easy-to-Read Version
This wind took the ship and carried it away. The ship could not sail against the wind, so we stopped trying and let the wind blow us.
New American Standard Bible
and when the ship was caught in it and could not head up into the wind, we gave up and let ourselves be driven by the wind.
Good News Translation
It hit the ship, and since it was impossible to keep the ship headed into the wind, we gave up trying and let it be carried along by the wind.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne the schip was rauyschid, and myyte not enforse ayens the wynde, whanne the schip was youun to the blowynges of the wynde, we weren borun with cours into an ile,

Contextual Overview

12 And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west. 13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete. 14 But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon. 15 And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive. 16 And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat: 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. 18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship; 19 And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship. 20 And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

we: Acts 27:27, James 3:4

Reciprocal: Psalms 107:27 - are at their wit's end

Cross-References

Luke 15:22
But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
Luke 20:46
Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when the ship was caught,.... By the wind, snatched up by it, and forcibly carried away:

and could not bear up into the wind; and against it, or look it in the face, as the word signifies; could not ply to windward, the wind being so high and the sea so strong:

we let her drive; about the sea, at pleasure, it being in vain to attempt to get her forward against the wind, or to direct her course.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The ship was caught - By the wind. It came suddenly upon them as a tempest.

Could not bear up ... - Could not resist its violence, or the helmsman could not direct the ship. It was seized by the wind, and driven with such violence, that it became unmanageable.

We let her drive - We suffered the ship to be borne along by the wind without attempting to control it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 27:15. And when the ship was caught — Συναρπασθεντος δε του πλοιου. The ship was violently hurried away before this strong levanter; so that it was impossible for her, αντοφθαλμειν, to face the wind, to turn her prow to it, so as to shake it out, as I have heard sailors say, and have seen them successfully perform in violent tempests and squalls.

We let her drive. — We were obliged to let her go right before this tempestuous wind, whithersoever it might drive her.


 
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