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Acts 27:40

38 After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.

39 When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.

Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.

41 But the vessel struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.

42 The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.

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BSB
Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
And casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosing the bands of the rudders; and hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.
DARBY
and, having cast off the anchors, they left [them] in the sea, at the same time loosening the lashings of the rudders, and hoisting the foresail to the wind, they made for the strand.
BLB
And having cut away the anchors, they left [them] in the sea, at the same time having loosened the ropes of the rudders. And having hoisted the foresail to the blowing [wind], they began making for the shore.
ÅB
De kappet da ankerne og lot dem falle i havet, og løste tillike de taug som de hadde surret rorene med; så heiste de seilet for vinden og holdt ned på stranden.
OTB
De kastet av ankerne og lot dem ligge i sjøen, og samtidig løste de opp tauene som holdt roret. Så heiste de forseilet til vinden og satte kurs mot stranden.
B1930
De kappet da ankerne og lot dem falle i havet, og løste tillike de taug som de hadde surret rorene med; så heiste de seilet for vinden og holdt ned på stranden.

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  • Isaiah 33:23

    Your ropes are slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will carry off plunder.

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  • Acts 27:29–30

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

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