Acts 27:28
Good News Translation
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.

New Revised Standard Version
So they took soundings and found twenty fathoms; a little farther on they took soundings again and found fifteen fathoms.

Contemporary English Version
They measured and found that the water was about 40 meters deep. A little later they measured again and found it was only about 30 meters.

New American Bible
They took soundings and found twenty fathoms; a little farther on, they again took soundings and found fifteen fathoms.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who also sounding, found twenty fathoms: and going on a little further, they found fifteen fathoms.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Who also sounding, found twenty fathoms: and going on a little further, they found fifteen fathoms.

Context
The Shipwreck
27But after the fourteenth night was come, as we were sailing in Adria, about midnight, the shipmen deemed that they discovered some country. 28Who also sounding, found twenty fathoms: and going on a little further, they found fifteen fathoms. 29Then fearing lest we should fall upon rough places, they cast four anchors out of the stern: and wished for the day.…
Cross References
Acts 27:27
But after the fourteenth night was come, as we were sailing in Adria, about midnight, the shipmen deemed that they discovered some country.

Acts 27:29
Then fearing lest we should fall upon rough places, they cast four anchors out of the stern: and wished for the day.

Acts 27:27
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