Acts 27:12 — compare English translations
Compare translationsActs 27:12 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
ἀνευθέτου
aneúthetos
G428
inconvenient
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
λιμένος
limḗn
G3040
harbor
ὑπάρχοντος
hypárchō
G5225
to be at hand
πρὸς
prós
G4314
to
παραχειμασίαν
paracheimasía
G3915
wintering
οἱ
ho
G3588
the
πλείονες
pleíōn
G4119
greater
ἔθεντο
títhēmi
G5087
to place
βουλὴν
boulḗ
G1012
counsel
ἀναχθῆναι
anágō
G321
to lead up
ἐκεῖθεν
ekeîthen
G1564
thence
εἴπως
eí pōs
G1513
if indeed
δύναιντο
dýnamai
G1410
to be able
καταντήσαντες
katantáō
G2658
to arrive
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
Φοίνικα
Phoînix
G5405
Fair Havens
παραχειμάσαι
paracheimázō
G3914
to winter
λιμένα
limḗn
G3040
harbor
τῆς
ho
G3588
the
Κρήτης
Krḗtē
G2914
Crete
βλέποντα
blépō
G991
to see
κατὰ
katá
G2596
down
λίβα
líps
G3047
southwest wind
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
κατὰ
katá
G2596
down
χῶρον
chōros
G5566
northwest wind
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World English Bible Public Domain
Because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised going to sea from there, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter there, which is a port of Crete, looking northeast and southeast.
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King James Version Public Domain
And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But the harbor being unsuitable for wintering, the majority gave counsel to sail from there, if somehow they might be able to come down to Phoenix, a harbor in Crete looking according to the southwest wind and according to the northwest wind, to winter there.
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