King James Version

Acts 27:28

And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andβολίσαντεςbolisantessoundedβολίζω (bolizō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “sounded”, a single actionG1001I cast the line (for sounding), I sound.soundedεὗρονheuronand foundεὑρίσκω (heuriskō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “and found”, a single actionG2147I find, learn, discover, especially after searching.and foundὀργυιὰςorguiasfathomsὀργυιά (orguia)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “fathoms”, the object formG3712a fathom, about five or six feet.fathomsεἴκοσιeikositwentyεἴκοσι(ν) (eikosin)adjective, accusative, plural, feminine — “twenty”, the object formG1501twenty.βραχὺbrachua little furtherβραχύς (brachus)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “a little further”, the object formG1024short, little, few.This verse uses “little”.a little furtherδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.διαστήσαντεςdiastēsantesto passδιΐστημι (diistēmi)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to pass”, a single actionG1339I put apart, separate, put some distance between.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπάλινpalinagainπάλινadverb — “again”G3825again, back, once more, further, on the other hand.This verse uses “again”.βολίσαντεςbolisantesto soundβολίζω (bolizō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to sound”, a single actionG1001I cast the line (for sounding), I sound.εὗρονheuronfoundεὑρίσκω (heuriskō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “found”, a single actionG2147I find, learn, discover, especially after searching.foundὀργυιὰςorguiasfathomsὀργυιά (orguia)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “fathoms”, the object formG3712a fathom, about five or six feet.fathomsδεκαπέντεdekapentefifteenδεκαπέντεadjective, accusative, plural, feminine — “fifteen”, the object formG1178fifteen.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms,

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American Standard Version (1901)

and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms; and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.

Young’s Literal Translation

and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms,

World English Bible

They took soundings and found twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.

Darby Translation

and having sounded found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther and having again sounded they found fifteen fathoms;

Douay-Rheims

Who also sounding, found twenty fathoms; and going on a little further, they found fifteen fathoms.

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