Acts 27:40 — compare English translations
Compare translationsActs 27:40 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 →
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
τὰς
ho
G3588
the
ἀγκύρας
ánkyra
G45
anchor
περιελόντες
periairéō
G4014
to take away
εἴων
eáō
G1439
to allow
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
θάλασσαν
thálassa
G2281
sea
ἅμα
háma
G260
together
ἀνέντες
aníēmi
G447
to send back
τὰς
ho
G3588
the
ζευκτηρίας
zeuktēría
G2202
bond
τῶν
ho
G3588
the
πηδαλίων
pēdálion
G4079
rudder
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἐπάραντες
epaírō
G1869
to lift up
τὸν
ho
G3588
the
ἀρτέμωνα
artémōn
G736
topsail
τῇ
ho
G3588
the
πνεούσῃ
pnéō
G4154
to breathe
κατεῖχον
katéchō
G2722
to hold back
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
τὸν
ho
G3588
the
αἰγιαλόν
aigialós
G123
shore
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World English Bible Public Domain
Casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time untying the rudder ropes. Hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.
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King James Version Public Domain
And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And having cut loose the anchors, they left them in the sea. At the same time, having loosened the bands of the rudders and having raised the topsail to the wind, they were heading to the beach.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).