Acts 27:15
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.

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

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.

Additional Translations
Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.

And the ship having been caught and not being able to face to the wind, having given way, we were driven along.

And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.

and when the ship was caught, and could not face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven.

And the ship being caught and driven, and not able to bring her head to the wind, letting her go we were driven [before it].

and when the ship was caught, and could not face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven.

And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.

She was unable to make headway against the gale; so we gave up and let her drive.

When the ship was caught, and couldn't face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven along.

and the ship being caught, and not being able to bear up against the wind, having given her up, we were borne on,
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