Acts 27:28 - Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So they took soundings and found twenty fathoms, and a little farther on they sounded again and found fifteen fathoms.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

They dropped a weighted line to take soundings and found the water to be about one hundred twenty feet deep. After proceeding a little farther, we took soundings again and found the water to be about ninety feet deep.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And upon dropping a weight, they found a depth of twenty paces. And some distance from there, they found a depth of fifteen paces.