King James Version

Acts 27:29

Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “on” (κατὰ) before rocky here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “we may fall” (ἐκπέσωμεν,) before out of here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “into” (εἰς) before rocky here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “they may fall” (ἐκπέσωσιν) before out of here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

φοβούμενοίphoboumenoifearingφοβέομαι (phobeomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “fearing”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5399I fear, dread, reverence, am afraid, terrified.fearingτεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.μήmēnotμήconjunction — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.πουpousomewhereπούadverb — “somewhere”G4225where, somewhere, anywhere; with numerals: somewhere about.Strong’s files this form under G4458 (-πώς).lestκατὰkatauponκατάpreposition — “upon”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.uponτραχεῖςtracheisroughτραχύς (trachus)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “rough”, the object formG5138rough, rugged, uneven.τόπουςtopousrocksτόπος (topos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “rocks”, the object formG5117a place, region, seat; an opportunity.rocksἐκπέσωμενekpesōmento fall outἐκπίπτω (ekpiptō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 1st person plural — “to fall out”, a single actionG1601I fall out, fall off, fall away; hence in nautical language: I fall off from the straight course; of flowers: I fade away, wither away; I fall from, lose, forfeit; I am cast ashore; I am fruitless.This verse uses “fall out”.ἐκekout ofἐκpreposition — “out of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.out ofπρύμνηςprumnēssternπρύμνα (prumna)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “stern”, the of-formG4403the stern of a ship.the sternῥίψαντεςrhipsantesto throwῥίπτω (rhiptō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to throw”, a single actionG4496I throw, cast, toss, set down; pass: I am dispersed.This verse uses “throw”.ἀγκύραςankurasanchorἄγκυρα (ankura)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “anchor”, the object formG45an anchor.τέσσαραςtessarasfourτέσσαρες (tessares)adjective, accusative, plural, feminine — “four”, the object formG5064four.ηὔχοντοēuchontoand wishedεὔχομαι (euchomai)verb, imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “and wished”, an ongoing action in the pastG2172I pray, wish.and wishedἡμέρανhēmeranfor the dayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “for the day”, the object formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.for the dayγενέσθαιgenesthaito beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle infinitive — “to be”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

εἰςeisuponεἰςpreposition — “upon”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.ἐκπέσωσινekpesōsinthey may fallἐκπίπτω (ekpiptō)verb, second aorist active subjunctive, 1st person plural — “they may fall”, a single actionG1601I fall out, fall off, fall away; hence in nautical language: I fall off from the straight course; of flowers: I fade away, wither away; I fall from, lose, forfeit; I am cast ashore; I am fruitless.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and fearing lest on rough places we may fall, out of the stern having cast four anchors, they were wishing day to come.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And fearing lest haply we should be cast ashore on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for the day.

Young’s Literal Translation

and fearing lest on rough places we may fall, out of the stern having cast four anchors, they were wishing day to come.

World English Bible

Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight.

Darby Translation

and fearing lest we should be cast on rocky places, casting four anchors out of the stern, they wished that day were come.

Douay-Rheims

Then fearing lest we should fall upon rough places, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

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