Acts 27:17
“Which when they had taken vp, they vsed helps, vnder-girding the ship; and fearing lest they should fall into the quicke-sands, strake saile, and so were driuen.”
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Acts 27:17 Context
15And when the ship was caught, and could not beare vp into the winde, we let her driue. 16And running vnder a certaine yland, which is called Clauda, wee had much worke to come by the boate: 17Which when they had taken vp, they vsed helps, vnder-girding the ship; and fearing lest they should fall into the quicke-sands, strake saile, and so were driuen. 18And being exceedingly tossed with a tempest the next day, they lightened the ship: 19And the third day we cast out with our owne handes the tackling of the shippe.
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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.
- King James Version
After they had hoisted it up, they used supporting cables in undergirding the ship; and fearing that they might run aground on {the shallows} of Syrtis, they let down the sea anchor and in this way let themselves be driven along.
- New American Standard Version (1995)