Acts 27:28

And sounded, and found it twentie fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded againe, and found it fifteene fathoms.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

They took soundings and found {it to be} twenty fathoms; and a little farther on they took another sounding and found {it to be} fifteen fathoms.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms; and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And they let down the lead, and saw that the sea was a hundred and twenty feet deep; and after a little time they did it again and it was ninety feet.
- Basic English Bible

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

And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
- Webster's Bible

So they hove the lead and found twenty fathoms of water; and after a short time they hove again and found fifteen fathoms.
- Weymouth Bible

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

And thei kesten doun a plommet, and founden twenti pasis of depnesse. And aftir a litil thei weren departid fro thennus, and foundun fiftene pasis.
- Wycliffe Bible

and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms,
- Youngs Literal Bible

Wesley's Notes for Acts 27:28

27:27 The fourteenth night - Since they left Crete, #Acts 27:18|,19. In the Adriatic sea - So the ancients called all that part of the Mediterranean, which lay south of Italy.

27:30 The sailors were attempting to flee out of the ship - Supposing the boat would go more safely over the shallows.