Acts 27:30 — compare English translations
Compare translationsActs 27:30 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 →
τῶν
ho
G3588
the
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
ναυτῶν
naútēs
G3492
sailor
ζητούντων
zētéō
G2212
to seek
φυγεῖν
pheúgō
G5343
to flee
ἐκ
ek
G1537
from
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
πλοίου
ploîon
G4143
ship
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
χαλασάντων
chaláō
G5465
to relax
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
σκάφην
skáphē
G4627
vessel
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
θάλασσαν
thálassa
G2281
sea
προφάσει
próphasis
G4392
pretext
ὡς
hōs
G5613
as
ἐκ
ek
G1537
from
πρῴρης
prōra
G4408
prow
ἀγκύρας
ánkyra
G45
anchor
μελλόντων
méllō
G3195
to be about
ἐκτείνειν
ekteínō
G1614
to stretch out
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World English Bible Public Domain
As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow,
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King James Version Public Domain
And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But as the sailors were seeking to flee from the ship, and as they had lowered the lifeboat into the sea on a pretext as if intending to lower anchors from the bow,
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).