Acts 27:18

“And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Acts 27:18

And being exceedingly tossed with a tempest the next day, they lightened the ship:
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

The next day as we were being violently storm-tossed, they began to jettison the cargo;
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And as we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the `the freight' overboard;
- American Standard Version (1901)

And, still fighting the storm with all our strength, the day after they made a start at getting the goods out of the ship;
- Basic English Bible

We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

But the storm being extremely violent on us, on the next day they threw cargo overboard,
- Darby Bible

And we being mightily tossed with the tempest, the next day they lightened the ship.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

And as we laboured exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the freight overboard;
- English Revised Version

As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for Acts 27:18

Wesley's Notes for Acts 27:18


27:18 They lightened the ship - Casting the heavy goods into the sea.



People's Bible Notes for Acts 27:18


Ac 27:18 The next [day] they lightened the ship. Cast heavy things overboard, in order that it might ride the waves better.

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