Acts 27:20 — compare English translations
Compare translationsActs 27:20 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 →
μήτε
mḗte
G3383
nor
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
ἡλίου
hḗlios
G2246
sun
μήτε
mḗte
G3383
nor
ἄστρων
ástron
G798
constellation
ἐπιφαινόντων
epiphaínō
G2014
to appear
ἐπὶ
epí
G1909
upon
πλείονας
pleíōn
G4119
greater
ἡμέρας
hēméra
G2250
day
χειμῶνός
cheimṓn
G5494
winter
τε
té
G5037
and
οὐκ
ou
G3756
not
ὀλίγου
olígos
G3641
little
ἐπικειμένου
epíkeimai
G1945
to lie upon
λοιπὸν
loipón
G3063
remaining
περιῃρεῖτο
periairéō
G4014
to take away
ἐλπὶς
elpís
G1680
hope
πᾶσα
pâs
G3956
all
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
σώζεσθαι
sṓzō
G4982
to save
ἡμᾶς
hēmeîs
G2249
we
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small tempest pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.
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King James Version Public Domain
And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no small storm lying upon us, all hope for us to be saved was finally being taken away.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).