Acts 27:20
“And when neither Sunne nor starres in many dayes appeared, and no small tempest lay on vs; all hope that wee should be saued, was then taken away.”
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Acts 27:20 Context
18And being exceedingly tossed with a tempest the next day, they lightened the ship: 19And the third day we cast out with our owne handes the tackling of the shippe. 20And when neither Sunne nor starres in many dayes appeared, and no small tempest lay on vs; all hope that wee should be saued, was then taken away. 21But after long abstinence, Paul stood foorth in the middes of them, and said, Sirs, yee should haue hearkened vnto mee, and not haue loosed from Creete, and to haue gained this harme and losse. 22And now I exhort you to be of good cheere: for there shall be no losse of any mans life among you, but of the shippe.
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Other Translations for Acts 27:20
And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on [us], all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
- King James Version
Since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was assailing {us,} from then on all hope of our being saved was gradually abandoned.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And when neither sun nor stars shone upon `us' for many days, and no small tempest lay on `us,' all hope that we should be saved was now taken away.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And as we had not seen the sun or stars for a long time, and a great storm was on us, all hope of salvation was gone.
- Basic English Bible
And neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no small storm lying on us, in the end all hope of our being saved was taken away.
- Darby Bible
And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
- Webster's Bible
Then, when for several days neither sun nor stars were seen and the terrific gale still harassed us, the last ray of hope was now vanishing.
- Weymouth Bible
When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.
- World English Bible
And whanne the sunne nether the sterris weren seie bi many daies, and tempest not a litil neiyede, now al the hope of oure helthe was don awei.
- Wycliffe Bible
and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little tempest lying upon us, thenceforth all hope was taken away of our being saved.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Acts 27:20
27:20 Neither sun nor stars appeared for many days - Which they could the less spare, before the compass was found out.
People's Bible Notes for Acts 27:20
Ac 27:20 Neither sun nor stars in many days appeared. Hence they could neither tell where they were nor direct their course. No such thing as the compass was then known. All hope . . . was then taken away. All hope of saving the ship or cargo was gone, and the mariners despaired of their own safety.