Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they saw a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could. New Living Translation When morning dawned, they didn’t recognize the coastline, but they saw a bay with a beach and wondered if they could get to shore by running the ship aground. English Standard Version Now when it was day, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, on which they planned if possible to run the ship ashore. Berean Standard Bible When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could. Berean Literal Bible And when it was day, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay, having a shore on which they determined to drive the ship if they should be able. King James Bible And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship. New King James Version When it was day, they did not recognize the land; but they observed a bay with a beach, onto which they planned to run the ship if possible. New American Standard Bible Now when day came, they could not recognize the land; but they did notice a bay with a beach, and they resolved to run the ship onto it if they could. NASB 1995 When day came, they could not recognize the land; but they did observe a bay with a beach, and they resolved to drive the ship onto it if they could. NASB 1977 And when day came, they could not recognize the land; but they did observe a certain bay with a beach, and they resolved to drive the ship onto it if they could. Legacy Standard Bible Now when day came, they could not recognize the land; but they were noticing a bay with a beach, and they were resolving to drive the ship onto it if they could. Amplified Bible When day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, and they decided to run the ship ashore there if they could. Christian Standard Bible When daylight came, they did not recognize the land but sighted a bay with a beach. They planned to run the ship ashore if they could. Holman Christian Standard Bible When daylight came, they did not recognize the land but sighted a bay with a beach. They planned to run the ship ashore if they could. American Standard Version And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they perceived a certain bay with a beach, and they took counsel whether they could drive the ship upon it. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And when it was day, the Mariners did not know what land it was, but they saw beside the dry land a certain bay of the sea where they were wondering if it were possible to drive the ship. Contemporary English Version Morning came, and the ship's crew saw a coast they did not recognize. But they did see a cove with a beach. So they decided to try to run the ship aground on the beach. Douay-Rheims Bible And when it was day, they knew not the land; but they discovered a certain creek that had a shore, into which they minded, if they could, to thrust in the ship. English Revised Version And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they perceived a certain bay with a beach, and they took counsel whether they could drive the ship upon it. GOD'S WORD® Translation In the morning they couldn't recognize the land, but they could see a bay with a beach. So they decided to try to run the ship ashore. Good News Translation When day came, the sailors did not recognize the coast, but they noticed a bay with a beach and decided that, if possible, they would run the ship aground there. International Standard Version When day came, they didn't recognize the land, but they could see a bay with a beach on which they planned to run the ship ashore, if possible. Literal Standard Version And when the day came, they were not discerning the land, but were perceiving a certain bay having a beach, into which they took counsel, if possible, to thrust forward the ship, Majority Standard Bible When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could. New American Bible When day came they did not recognize the land, but made out a bay with a beach. They planned to run the ship ashore on it, if they could. NET Bible When day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could. New Revised Standard Version In the morning they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, on which they planned to run the ship ashore, if they could. New Heart English Bible When it was day, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay with a beach, and they decided to try to drive the ship onto it. Webster's Bible Translation And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into which they purposed, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship. Weymouth New Testament When daylight came, they tried in vain to recognise the coast. But an inlet with a sandy beach attracted their attention, and now their object was, if possible, to run the ship aground in this inlet. World English Bible When it was day, they didn’t recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay with a beach, and they decided to try to drive the ship onto it. Young's Literal Translation And when the day came, they were not discerning the land, but a certain creek were perceiving having a beach, into which they took counsel, if possible, to thrust forward the ship, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Shipwreck…38After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea. 39 When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could. 40Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.… Cross References Matthew 1:19 Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly. Acts 27:40 Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach. Acts 28:1 Once we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta. Treasury of Scripture And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship. Jump to Previous Aground Ashore Attention Attracted Bay Beach Coast Counsel Daylight Decided Discovered Drive Floor Idea Inlet Land Minded Noticed Object Observe Onto Perceived Possible Purposed Recognise Recognize Run Sand Sea Ship Shore Strand Thrust Tried Try Vain WhetherJump to Next Aground Ashore Attention Attracted Bay Beach Coast Counsel Daylight Decided Discovered Drive Floor Idea Inlet Land Minded Noticed Object Observe Onto Perceived Possible Purposed Recognise Recognize Run Sand Sea Ship Shore Strand Thrust Tried Try Vain WhetherActs 27 1. Paul shipping toward Rome,10. foretells of the danger of the voyage, 11. but is not believed. 14. They are tossed to and fro by a storm; 41. and suffer shipwreck; 44. yet all come safe to land. (39) They knew not the land.--It was, of course, probable enough that some at least of the sailors had been at Malta before; but St. Paul's Bay, which we assume to be the point they had now reached, was remote from the Great Harbour, now that of Valetta, into which ships commonly sailed, and may therefore well have remained unknown to them. A certain creek with a shore.--Better, having a beach, the English word failing to describe why it was that the creek attracted them. The earlier versions have "bank." In Homer and other Greek writers the word is commonly used for a flat, sandy beach. To thrust in the ship.--The word was a quasi-technical one, answering to our "to run the ship aground." Verse 39. - Perceived for discovered, A.V.; bay with a beach for creek with a shore, A.V.; and they took counsel whether they could drive the ship upon it for into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship, A.V. They knew not the land. It was seven miles from the harbor of Valetta, and a part of the island not likely to have been visited by the sailors, and presenting no marked features by which they would recognize it. A certain bay with a beach; αἰγιαλόν, a level pebbly or sandy beach (Matthew 13:2; Acts 21:5; and ver. 40), as opposed to ἄκτη, a high rugged coast (τρηχεῖα ὑψηλή, etc., Homer). They took counsel whether they could drive, etc. The rendering of the A.V. is surely infinitely better than the R.V. The meaning of βουλεύομαι, both in the New Testament and in classical Greek, is frequently and properly "to determine," "to resolve" or "purpose" (see Acts 5:33; Acts 15:37, note; 2 Corinthians 1:17; and Liddell and Scott's 'Lexicon '); and the order of the words here suits the rendering of the A.V. much better than that of the R.V., which would require καὶ ἐβουλεύοντο, instead of εἰς ο}ν κ.τ.λ. The Revisionists seem to have been misled by the resemblance of Luke 14:31. Drive; ἐξῶσαι, the technical word for driving a ship ashore (Thucyd., 2:10, etc.). It only occurs in the New Testament here, and in a different sense in Acts 7:45. It is not uncommon in the LXX. as the rendering of דָּחָה and דּוּהַ (see Deuteronomy 13:3; 2 Samuel 14:13; Jeremiah 49. [LXX., 26.] 36, etc.).Parallel Commentaries ... Greek WhenὍτε (Hote) Adverb Strong's 3753: When, at which time. From hos and te; at which too, i.e. When. daylight ἡμέρα (hēmera) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. came, ἐγένετο (egeneto) Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude. they did not recognize ἐπεγίνωσκον (epeginōskon) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 1921: From epi and ginosko; to know upon some mark, i.e. Recognize; by implication, to become fully acquainted with, to acknowledge. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. land, γῆν (gēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe. but δέ (de) Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. they sighted κατενόουν (katenooun) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 2657: To take note of, perceive, consider carefully, discern, detect, make account of. From kata and noieo; to observe fully. a τινα (tina) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object. bay κόλπον (kolpon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 2859: Apparently a primary word; the bosom; by analogy, a bay. with ἔχοντα (echonta) Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. a sandy beach, αἰγιαλὸν (aigialon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 123: Sea-coast, (sandy) beach; shore (of sea or lake), land. From aisso and hals (on which the waves dash). where ὃν (hon) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that. they decided ἐβουλεύοντο (ebouleuonto) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 1011: To deliberate, take counsel, determine. From boule; to advise, i.e. deliberate, or resolve. to run ἐξῶσαι (exōsai) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active Strong's 1856: Or exotho ex-o'-tho from ek and otheo; to expel; by implication, to propel. the τὸ (to) Article - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. ship {aground} πλοῖον (ploion) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 4143: A ship, vessel, boat. From pleo; a sailer, i.e. Vessel. if εἰ (ei) Conjunction Strong's 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. they could. δύναιντο (dynainto) Verb - Present Optative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 1410: (a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can. Of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible. 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