| NETBible | They took soundings 1 and found the water was twenty fathoms 2 deep; when they had sailed a little farther 3 they took soundings again and found it was fifteen fathoms 4 deep. |
| NIV © |
They took soundings and found that the water was one hundred and twenty feet deep. A short time later they took soundings again and found it was ninety feet deep. |
| NASB © |
They took soundings and found it to be twenty fathoms; and a little farther on they took another sounding and found it to be fifteen fathoms. |
| NLT © |
They took soundings and found the water was only 120 feet deep. A little later they sounded again and found only 90 feet. |
| MSG © |
Sounding, they measured a depth of one hundred twenty feet, and shortly after that ninety feet. |
| BBE © |
And they let down the lead, and saw that the sea was a hundred and twenty feet deep; and after a little time they did it again and it was ninety feet. |
| NRSV © |
So they took soundings and found twenty fathoms; a little farther on they took soundings again and found fifteen fathoms. |
| NKJV © |
And they took soundings and found it to be twenty fathoms; and when they had gone a little farther, they took soundings again and found it to be fifteen fathoms. |
| KJV | And <2532> sounded <1001> (5660)_, and found <2147> (5627) [it] twenty <1501> fathoms <3712>_: and <1161> when they had gone <1339> (5660) a little further <1024>_, they sounded <1001> (5660) again <3825>_, and <2532> found <2147> (5627) [it] fifteen <1178> fathoms <3712>_. |
| NASB © |
They took <1001> soundings <1001> and found <2147> it to be twenty <1501> fathoms <3712> ; and a little <1024> farther <1339> on they took <1001> another <3825> sounding <1001> and found <2147> it to be fifteen <1178> fathoms .<3712> |
| NET [draft] ITL | They took soundings <1001> and found <2147> the water was twenty <1501> fathoms <3712> deep; when they had sailed <1339> a little <1024> farther <1339> they took soundings <1001> again <3825> and found <2147> it was fifteen <1178> fathoms deep.<3712> |
| GREEK | kai <2532> CONJ bolisantev <1001> (5660) V-AAP-NPM euron <2147> (5627) V-2AAI-3P orguiav <3712> N-APF eikosi <1501> A-NPM bracu <1024> A-ASN de <1161> CONJ diasthsantev <1339> (5660) V-AAP-NPM kai <2532> CONJ palin <3825> ADV bolisantev <1001> (5660) V-AAP-NPM euron <2147> (5627) V-2AAI-3P orguiav <3712> N-APF dekapente <1178> A-NUI |
| NETBible | They took soundings 1 and found the water was twenty fathoms 2 deep; when they had sailed a little farther 3 they took soundings again and found it was fifteen fathoms 4 deep. |
| NET Notes |
1 tn Grk “Heaving the lead, they found.” The participle βολίσαντες (bolisante") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. See also BDAG 180 s.v. βολίζω. Although the term is used twice in this verse (and thus is technically not a NT hapax legomenon), it occurs nowhere else in the NT. 2 sn A fathom is about 6 feet or just under 2 meters (originally the length of a man’s outstretched arms). This was a nautical technical term for measuring the depth of water. Here it was about 120 ft (36 m). 3 tn L&N 15.12, “βραχὺ δὲ διαστήσαντες ‘when they had gone a little farther’ Ac 27:28.” 4 sn Here the depth was about 90 ft (27 m). |