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Acts 27:38

36 Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.

37 And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.

And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.

39 And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.

40 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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BSB
After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
KJV
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
WEB
When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
ASV
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
DARBY
And having satisfied themselves with food, they lightened the ship, casting out the wheat into the sea.
BLB
And having been filled with food, they began to lighten the ship, casting out the wheat into the sea.
ÅB
Og da de var blitt mette, lettet de skipet ved å kaste levnetsmidlene i havet.
OTB
Da de hadde spist så mye de ville, lettet de skipet ved å kaste hveten i sjøen.
B1930
Og da de var blitt mette, lettet de skibet ved å kaste levnetsmidlene i havet.

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Cross references

  • Matthew 6:25

    Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

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  • Jonah 1:5

    Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.

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  • Acts 27:18–19

    And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;

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  • Matthew 16:26

    For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

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  • Job 2:4

    And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

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  • Hebrews 12:1

    Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

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