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Acts 27:28

World English Bible

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

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American Standard Version

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

Christian Standard Bible

They took soundings and found it to be a hundred twenty feet deep; when they had sailed a little farther and sounded again, they found it to be ninety feet deep.

English Standard Version

So they took a sounding and found twenty fathoms. A little farther on they took a sounding again and found fifteen fathoms.

King James Version

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

New American Standard Bible

And 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 International Version

They took soundings and found that the water was a hundred and twenty feet deep. A short time later they took soundings again and found it was ninety feet deep.

New King James Version

And they took soundings and found it to be twenty fathoms; and when they had gone a little farther, they took soundings again and found it to be fifteen fathoms.

New Living Translation

They dropped a weighted line and found that the water was 120 feet deep. But a little later they measured again and found it was only 90 feet deep.