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Acts 27:28
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They took soundings and found it to be a hundred and twenty feet deep; when they had sailed a little farther and sounded again, they found it to be ninety feet deep.
And sounded, and found it twentie fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded againe, and found it fifteene fathoms.
And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
So they took a sounding and found twenty fathoms. A little farther on they took a sounding again and found fifteen fathoms.
And 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.
so they lowered a rope with a weight on the end of it into the water. They found that the water was one hundred twenty feet deep. They went a little farther and lowered the rope again. It was ninety feet deep.
So they took soundings [using a weighted line] and found [the depth to be] twenty fathoms (120 feet); and a little farther on they sounded again and found [the depth to be] fifteen fathoms (90 feet).
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.
And when they took soundings, they found it to be twenty fathoms; and a little farther on they took another sounding and found it to be fifteen fathoms.
They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.
They measured and found that the water was about one hundred twenty feet deep. A little later they measured again and found it was only about ninety feet.
So they dropped a plumbline and found the water one hundred and twenty feet deep. A little farther on, they took another sounding and found it ninety feet.
and having sounded found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther and having again sounded they found fifteen fathoms;
They threw a rope into the water with a weight on the end of it. They found that the water was 120 feet deep. They went a little farther and threw the rope in again. It was 90 feet deep.
And sounded, & found it twentie fathoms: and when they had gone a litle further, they sounded againe, and found fifteene fathoms.
So they cast the sounding lead, and found twenty fathoms; and again, they sailed a little farther, and took soundings and found fifteen fathoms.
So they dropped a line with a weight tied to it and found that the water was one hundred and twenty feet deep; a little later they did the same and found that it was ninety feet deep.
And taking soundings, they found twenty fathoms. So going on a little further and taking soundings again, they found fifteen fathoms.
And sounding, they found twenty fathoms; and moving a little and sounding again, they found fifteen fathoms.
and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms; and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.
They took soundings, and found twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.
On taking soundings, they found a depth of twenty fathoms. A little later they took soundings again and found it was fifteen fathoms.
And they cast the lead, and found twenty cubits; and again a little they proceeded, and found fifteen cubits.
And they cast the lead, and found twenty fathoms. And again they advanced a little, and they found fifteen fathoms.
And sounded, and founde it twentie faddomes. And when they had gone a litle further, they sounded agayne, and founde it fyfteene faddomes.
and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms: and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.
They took soundings, and found twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.
And sounding, they found twenty fathoms; and having gone a little farther, sounding again, they found fifteen fathoms.
So they hove the lead and found twenty fathoms of water; and after a short time they hove again and found fifteen fathoms.
And thei kesten doun a plommet, and founden twenti pasis of depnesse. And aftir a litil thei weren departid fro thennus, and foundun fiftene pasis.
and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms; and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.
And sounded, and found [it] twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found [it] fifteen fathoms.
They took soundings and found the water was twenty fathoms deep; when they had sailed a little farther they took soundings again and found it was fifteen fathoms deep.
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.
They dropped a weighted line and found that the water was 120 feet deep. But a little later they measured again and found it was only 90 feet deep.
They let down the lead weight and found the water was not very deep. After they had gone a little farther, they found there was not as much water.
So they took soundings and found twenty fathoms; a little farther on they took soundings again and found fifteen fathoms.
and, sounding, they found twenty fathoms, - and, going a little further, and again sounding, they found fifteen fathoms.
Who also sounding, found twenty fathoms: and going on a little further, they found fifteen fathoms.
So they sounded and found twenty fathoms; a little farther on they sounded again and found fifteen fathoms.
and sounded and founde it .xx. feddoms. And when they had gone a lytell further they sounded agayne and founde .xv. feddoms.
and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms,
and they cast out the leade, and founde it twetye feddoms: and wha they were gone a litle farther, they cast out the leade agayne, and founde fyftene feddoms.
they threw the line and sounded twenty fathom water: a little further they sounded again, and came to fifteen fathom:
They measured the water depth and is was about 120 feet deep. A short time later, it was thirty feet shallower.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 3:6 - of a strange speech and of an hard language
Cross-References
Now Isaac's words to his son were said in Rebekah's hearing. Then Esau went out to get the meat.
Go and get some roe's meat and make me a good meal, so that I may be full, and give you my blessing before the Lord before my death.
Go to the flock and get me two fat young goats; and I will make of them a meal to your father's taste:
And Jacob said to Rebekah, his mother, But Esau my brother is covered with hair, while I am smooth:
If by chance my father puts his hand on me, it will seem to him that I am tricking him, and he will put a curse on me in place of a blessing.
And his mother said, Let the curse be on me, my son: only do as I say, and go and get them for me.
Then Isaac his father made answer and said to him, Far from the fertile places of the earth, and far from the dew of heaven on high will your living-place be:
And get your father and your families and come back to me: and I will give you all the good things of Egypt, and the fat of the land will be your food.
Asher's bread is fat; he gives delicate food for kings.
And if the land is fertile or poor, and if there is wood in it or not. And be of good heart, and come back with some of the produce of the land. Now it was the time when the first grapes were ready.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And sounded,.... Or let down their plummet, or sounding line; which was a line with a piece of lead at the end of it, which they let down into the water, and by that means found what depth it was, by which they could judge whether they were near land or not. The sounding line, with the ancients, was called by different names; sometimes bolis, and this is the name it has here,
βολισαντες, "they let down the bolis": and the bolis is, by some, described thus; it is a brazen or leaden vessel, with a chain, which mariners fill with grease, and let down into the sea, to try whether the places are rocky where a ship may stand, or sandy where the ship is in danger of being lost: it is also called "catapirates", which is thus described by Isidore; "catapirates" is a line with a piece of lead, by which the depth of the sea is tried. Herodotus makes mention of it under this name, and observes, that when persons are within a day's voyage of Egypt, if they let down the "catapirates", or sounding line, they will bring up clay, even when in eleven fathom deep r According to modern accounts, there are two kinds of lines, occasionally used in sounding the sea, the sounding line, and the deep sea line: the sounding line is the thickest and shortest, as not exceeding 20 fathoms in length, and is marked at two, three, and four fathoms with a piece of black leather between the strands, and at five with a piece of white leather: the sounding line may be used when the ship is under sail, which the deep sea line cannot. --The plummet is usually in form of a nine pin, and weighs 18 pounds; the end is frequently greased, to try whether the ground be sandy or rocky, c. s. The deep sea line is used in deep water, and both lead and line are larger than the other at the end of it is a piece of lead, called deep sea lead, has a hole at the bottom, in which is put a piece of "tallow", to bring up the colour of the sand at the bottom, to learn the differences of the ground, and know what coasts they are on.
And found it twenty fathoms; or "orgyas"; a fathom is a measure which contains six feet, and is the utmost extent of both arms, when stretched into a right line: the fathom, it seems, differs according to the different sorts of vessels; the fathom of a man of war is six feet, that of merchant ships five feet and a half, and that of fly boats and fishing vessels five feet: if the fathom here used was the first of these, the sounding was an hundred and twenty feet; the Ethiopic version renders it, "twenty statues of a man".
And when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms; or ninety feet; by which they imagined that they were near the continent, or some island: in some places, as the coasts of Virginia, for instance, by the use of the deep sea line, it is known how far it is from land; for as many fathoms of water as are found, it is reckoned so many leagues from land.
r Scheffer. de Militia Navali Veterum, l. 2. c. 5. p. 150. s Chambers's Cyclopaedia in the word "Sounding".
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And sounded - To sound is to make use of a line and lead to ascertain the depth of water.
Twenty fathoms - A fathom is six feet, or the distance from the extremity of the middle finger on one hand to the extremity of the other, when the arms are extended. The depth, therefore, was about 120 feet.
Fifteen fathoms - They knew, therefore, that they were drawing near to shore.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 27:28. And sounded — βολισαντες, Heaving the lead.
Twenty fathoms — οργυιας εικοσι, About forty yards in depth. The οργυια is thus defined by the Etymologicon: Σημαινει την εκτασιν των χειρων, συν τῳ πλατει του Ϛηθους· It signifies the extent of the arms, together with the breadth of the breast. This is exactly the quantum of our fathom.
