◄ Acts 27:15 ►
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Good News Translation
It hit the ship, and since it was impossible to keep the ship headed into the wind, we gave up trying and let it be carried along by the wind.

New Revised Standard Version
Since the ship was caught and could not be turned head-on into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven.

Contemporary English Version
The wind struck the ship, and we could not sail against it. So we let the wind carry the ship.

New American Bible
Since the ship was caught up in it and could not head into the wind we gave way and let ourselves be driven.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when the ship was caught and could not bear up against the wind, giving up the ship to the winds, we were driven.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And when the ship was caught and could not bear up against the wind, giving up the ship to the winds, we were driven.

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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.

James 3:4 Behold also ships, whereas they are great and are driven by strong winds, yet are they turned about with a small helm, whithersoever the force of the governor willeth.

Context
The Storm at Sea
…14But not long after, there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroaquilo. 15And when the ship was caught and could not bear up against the wind, giving up the ship to the winds, we were driven. 16And running under a certain island that is called Cauda, we had much work to come by the boat.…
Cross References
Acts 27:14
But not long after, there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroaquilo.

Acts 27:16
And running under a certain island that is called Cauda, we had much work to come by the boat.

Acts 27:14
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