Acts 27:34

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So I urge you to take some food. For this is for your survival, since none of you will lose a hair from your head.”

King James Version (1611)
Wherefore, I pray you to take some meat, for this is for your health: for there shall not an haire fall from the head of any of you.

King James Version
Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.

English Standard Version
Therefore I urge you to take some food. For it will give you strength, for not a hair is to perish from the head of any of you."

New American Standard Bible
"Therefore, I encourage you to take some food, for this is for your survival, for not a hair from the head of any of you will perish."

New Century Version
Now I beg you to eat something. You need it to stay alive. None of you will lose even one hair off your heads."

Amplified Bible
"So I urge you to eat some food, for this is for your survival; for not a hair from the head of any of you will perish."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Therefore I encourage you to take some food, for this is for your preservation, for not a hair from the head of any of you will perish."

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore I encourage you to take some food, for this is for your salvation, for not a hair from the head of any of you will perish."

Berean Standard Bible
So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost."

Contemporary English Version
I beg you to eat something. Your lives depend on it. Do this and not one of you will be hurt."

Complete Jewish Bible
Therefore I advise you to take some food; you need it for your own survival. For not one of you will lose so much as a hair from his head."

Darby Translation
Wherefore I exhort you to partake of food, for this has to do with your safety; for not a hair from the head of any one of you shall perish.

Easy-to-Read Version
Now I beg you to eat something. You need it to stay alive. None of you will lose even one hair off your heads."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Wherefore I exhort you to take meate: for this is for your safegarde: for there shall not an heare fall from the head of any of you.

George Lamsa Translation
Wherefore, I pray you to take some food for the sustenance of your life; for not a hair shall be lost from the head of any of you.

Good News Translation
I beg you, then, eat some food; you need it in order to survive. Not even a hair of your heads will be lost."

Lexham English Bible
Therefore I urge you to take some food, for this is necessary for your preservation. For not a hair from your head will be lost."

Literal Translation
Because of this I beg you to take of food, for this is to your deliverance, for not a hair of your head shall perish.

American Standard Version
Wherefore I beseech you to take some food: for this is for your safety: for there shall not a hair perish from the head of any of you.

Bible in Basic English
So I make request to you to take food; for this is for your salvation: not a hair from the head of any of you will come to destruction.

Hebrew Names Version
Therefore I beg you to take some food, for this is for your safety; for there will not a hair perish from the head of any of you."

International Standard Version
So I urge you to eat something, for it will help you survive, since none of you will lose a hair from his head."1 Kings 1:52; Matthew 10:30; Luke 12:7; 21:18;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
Wherefore I beseech you receive meat for the establishment of your lives; for a hair of the head of one of you will not perish.

Murdock Translation
Therefore I entreat you, to take food for the sustenance of your life; for not a hair from the head of any of you, will perish.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Wherfore, I pray you to take meate, for this no doubt is for your health: for there shall not an heere fall from the head of any of you.

English Revised Version
Wherefore I beseech you to take some food: for this is for your safety: for there shall not a hair perish from the head of any of you.

World English Bible
Therefore I beg you to take some food, for this is for your safety; for there will not a hair perish from the head of any of you."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Therefore I exhort you to take food; for this is for your preservation; for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.

Weymouth's New Testament
I therefore strongly advise you to take some food. This is essential for your safety. For not a hair will perish from the head of any one of you."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Wherfor Y preie you to take mete, for youre helthe; for of noon of you the heer of the heed schal perische.

Update Bible Version
Therefore I urge you to take some food: for this is for your safety: for there shall not a hair perish from the head of any of you.

Webster's Bible Translation
Wherefore I pray you to take [some] food; for this is for your health: for there shall not a hair fall from the head of any of you.

New English Translation
Therefore I urge you to take some food, for this is important for your survival. For not one of you will lose a hair from his head."

New King James Version
Therefore I urge you to take nourishment, for this is for your survival, since not a hair will fall from the head of any of you."

New Living Translation
"Please eat something now for your own good. For not a hair of your heads will perish."

New Life Bible
You must eat. It will give you strength. Not one of you will lose a hair from your head."

New Revised Standard
Therefore I urge you to take some food, for it will help you survive; for none of you will lose a hair from your heads."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Wherefore, I beseech you to take some food, - for, this, lays a foundation for your safety; for, of no one of you, shall a hair of the head perish.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Wherefore, I pray you to take some meat for your health’s sake: for there shall not an hair of the head of any of you perish.

Revised Standard Version
Therefore I urge you to take some food; it will give you strength, since not a hair is to perish from the head of any of you."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Wherfore I praye you to take meate: for this no dout is for youre helth: for ther shall not an heere fall fro the heed of eny of you.

Young's Literal Translation
wherefore I call upon you to take nourishment, for this is for your safety, for of not one of you shall a hair from the head fall;'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Wherfore I praye you to take meate, for youre health: for there shal not one heer fall from the heade of eny of you.

Mace New Testament (1729)
therefore, pray, take something to recruit your strength: and be assur'd every one of you shall be preserv'd."

Simplified Cowboy Version
Eat something now. You'll need it to survive the coming days. But remember, no one is going to die."

Contextual Overview

²¹With our appetite for both food and life long gone, Paul took his place in our midst and said, "Friends, you really should have listened to me back in Crete. We could have avoided all this trouble and trial. But there's no need to dwell on that now. From now on, things are looking up! I can assure you that there'll not be a single drowning among us, although I can't say as much for the ship—the ship itself is doomed. ²³"Last night God's angel stood at my side, an angel of this God I serve, saying to me, ‘Don't give up, Paul. You're going to stand before Caesar yet—and everyone sailing with you is also going to make it.' So, dear friends, take heart. I believe God will do exactly what he told me. But we're going to shipwreck on some island or other." ²⁷On the fourteenth night, adrift somewhere on the Adriatic Sea, at about midnight the sailors sensed that we were approaching land. Sounding, they measured a depth of 120 feet, and shortly after that ninety feet. Afraid that we were about to run aground, they threw out four anchors and prayed for daylight. ³⁰Some of the sailors tried to jump ship. They let down the lifeboat, pretending they were going to set out more anchors from the bow. Paul saw through their guise and told the centurion and his soldiers, "If these sailors don't stay with the ship, we're all going down." So the soldiers cut the lines to the lifeboat and let it drift off. ³³With dawn about to break, Paul called everyone together and proposed breakfast: "This is the fourteenth day we've gone without food. None of us has felt like eating! But I urge you to eat something now. You'll need strength for the rescue ahead. You're going to come out of this without even a scratch!" ³⁵He broke the bread, gave thanks to God, passed it around, and they all ate heartily—276 of us, all told! With the meal finished and everyone full, the ship was further lightened by dumping the grain overboard. ³⁹At daybreak, no one recognized the land—but then they did notice a bay with a nice beach. They decided to try to run the ship up on the beach. They cut the anchors, loosed the tiller, raised the sail, and ran before the wind toward the beach. But we didn't make it. Still far from shore, we hit a reef and the ship began to break up. ⁴²The soldiers decided to kill the prisoners so none could escape by swimming, but the centurion, determined to save Paul, stopped them. He gave orders for anyone who could swim to dive in and go for it, and for the rest to grab a plank. Everyone made it to shore safely.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

for this: Matthew 15:32, Mark 8:2, Mark 8:3, Philippians 2:5, 1 Timothy 5:23

for there: 1 Kings 1:52, Matthew 10:30, Luke 12:7, Luke 21:18

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 14:45 - there shall not 2 Samuel 14:11 - not one hair 1 Kings 18:41 - Get Daniel 3:27 - nor was Acts 27:10 - I perceive Acts 27:22 - for

Cross-References

Genesis 27:24
When Isaac had become an old man and was nearly blind, he called his eldest son, Esau, and said, "My son." "Yes, Father?" "I'm an old man," he said; "I might die any day now. Do me a favor: Get your quiver of arrows and your bow and go out in the country and hunt me some game. Then fix me a hearty meal, the kind that you know I like, and bring it to me to eat so that I can give you my personal blessing before I die." Rebekah was eavesdropping as Isaac spoke to his son Esau. As soon as Esau had gone off to the country to hunt game for his father, Rebekah spoke to her son Jacob. "I just overheard your father talking with your brother, Esau. He said, ‘Bring me some game and fix me a hearty meal so that I can eat and bless you with God 's blessing before I die.' "Now, my son, listen to me. Do what I tell you. Go to the flock and get me two young goats. Pick the best; I'll prepare them into a hearty meal, the kind that your father loves. Then you'll take it to your father, he'll eat and bless you before he dies." "But Mother," Jacob said, "my brother Esau is a hairy man and I have smooth skin. What happens if my father touches me? He'll think I'm playing games with him. I'll bring down a curse on myself instead of a blessing." "If it comes to that," said his mother, "I'll take the curse on myself. Now, just do what I say. Go and get the goats." So he went and got them and brought them to his mother and she cooked a hearty meal, the kind his father loved so much. Rebekah took the dress-up clothes of her older son Esau and put them on her younger son Jacob. She took the goatskins and covered his hands and the smooth nape of his neck. Then she placed the hearty meal she had fixed and fresh bread she'd baked into the hands of her son Jacob. He went to his father and said, "My father!" "Yes?" he said. "Which son are you?" Jacob answered his father, "I'm your firstborn son Esau. I did what you told me. Come now; sit up and eat of my game so you can give me your personal blessing." Isaac said, "So soon? How did you get it so quickly?" "Because your God cleared the way for me." Isaac said, "Come close, son; let me touch you—are you really my son Esau?" So Jacob moved close to his father Isaac. Isaac felt him and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice but the hands are the hands of Esau." He didn't recognize him because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau's. But as he was about to bless him he pressed him, "You're sure? You are my son Esau?" "Yes. I am."

1 Samuel 30:4
David and his men burst out in loud wails—wept and wept until they were exhausted with weeping. David's two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken prisoner along with the rest. And suddenly David was in even worse trouble. There was talk among the men, bitter over the loss of their families, of stoning him. David strengthened himself with trust in his God . He ordered Abiathar the priest, son of Ahimelech, "Bring me the Ephod so I can consult God." Abiathar brought it to David. Then David prayed to God , "Shall I go after these raiders? Can I catch them?" The answer came, "Go after them! Yes, you'll catch them! Yes, you'll make the rescue!" David went, he and the six hundred men with him. They arrived at the Brook Besor, where some of them dropped out. David and four hundred men kept up the pursuit, but two hundred of them were too fatigued to cross the Brook Besor, and stayed there. Some who went on came across an Egyptian in a field and took him to David. They gave him bread and he ate. And he drank some water. They gave him a piece of fig cake and a couple of raisin muffins. Life began to revive in him. He hadn't eaten or drunk a thing for three days and nights! David said to him, "Who do you belong to? Where are you from?" "I'm an Egyptian slave of an Amalekite," he said. "My master walked off and left me when I got sick—that was three days ago. We had raided the Negev of the Kerethites, of Judah, and of Caleb. Ziklag we burned." David asked him, "Can you take us to the raiders?" "Promise me by God," he said, "that you won't kill me or turn me over to my old master, and I'll take you straight to the raiders." He led David to them. They were scattered all over the place, eating and drinking, gorging themselves on all the loot they had plundered from Philistia and Judah. David pounced. He fought them from before sunrise until evening of the next day. None got away except for four hundred of the younger men who escaped by riding off on camels. David rescued everything the Amalekites had taken. And he rescued his two wives! Nothing and no one was missing—young or old, son or daughter, plunder or whatever. David recovered the whole lot. He herded the sheep and cattle before them, and they all shouted, "David's plunder!" Then David came to the two hundred who had been too tired to continue with him and had dropped out at the Brook Besor. They came out to welcome David and his band. As he came near he called out, "Success!" But all the mean-spirited men who had marched with David, the rabble element, objected: "They didn't help in the rescue, they don't get any of the plunder we recovered. Each man can have his wife and children, but that's it. Take them and go!" "Families don't do this sort of thing! Oh no, my brothers!" said David as he broke up the argument. "You can't act this way with what God gave us! God kept us safe. He handed over the raiders who attacked us. Who would ever listen to this kind of talk? The share of the one who stays with the gear is the share of the one who fights—equal shares. Share and share alike!" From that day on, David made that the rule in Israel—and it still is. On returning to Ziklag, David sent portions of the plunder to the elders of Judah, his neighbors, with a note saying, "A gift from the plunder of God 's enemies!" He sent them to the elders in Bethel, Ramoth Negev, Jattir, Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa, Racal, Jerahmeelite cities, Kenite cities, Hormah, Bor Ashan, Athach, and Hebron, along with a number of other places David and his men went to from time to time.

Proverbs 19:3
People ruin their lives by their own stupidity, so why does God always get blamed?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Wherefore I pray you to take some meat,.... To sit down composedly, and eat meat cheerfully and freely:

for this is for your health; the Alexandrian copy reads, "for our health"; it was for the health of them all, that they might be better able to bear the shock and fatigue of the shipwreck, and be in better spirits, and in a better capacity to help themselves, and one another:

for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you; a proverbial phrase, expressing the utmost safety of their lives, and therefore might cheerfully eat their food, and rest themselves, and be satisfied. To dream of shaving the hair, portended shipwreck to sailors; nor was it lawful for any to pare his nails, or cut off his hair, but in a storm; to which custom, some think, the apostle here alludes w; see 1 Samuel 14:45.

w Kirchman. de funer. Rom. l. 2. c. 14. p. 212, 213.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Not a hair fall from the head ... - A proverbial expression, denoting “that they would be preserved safe; that none of them would be lost, and that “in their persons they should not experience the least damage,” 1 Kings 1:52; 1 Samuel 14:45.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 34. A hair fall from the head — A proverbial expression for, ye shall neither lose your lives nor suffer any hurt in your bodies, if ye follow my advice.