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Acts 27:30

28 They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.

29 Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.

Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.

31 But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”

32 So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.

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BSB
Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.
KJV
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,
WEB
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,
ASV
And as the sailors were seeking to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, under color as though they would lay out anchors from the foreship,
DARBY
But the sailors wishing to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat into the sea under pretext of being about to carry out anchors from the prow,
BLB
And the sailors seeking to flee out of the ship and having let down the lifeboat into the sea under pretense as being about to cast out anchors from the bow,
ÅB
Men sjøfolkene søkte å rømme bort fra skipet og firte båten ned i havet, idet de lot som om de ville legge ankere ut fra forstavnen;
OTB
Sjøfolkene forsøkte å flykte fra skipet og hadde senket skipets båt i sjøen, mens de lot som de skulle legge ut ankre fra baugen.
B1930
Men sjøfolkene søkte å rømme bort fra skibet og firte båten ned i havet, idet de lot som om de vilde legge ankere ut fra forstavnen;

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