Acts 27:41

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern began to break apart under the pounding of the waves.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Περιπεσόντες δὲ εἰς τόπον διθάλασσον, ἐπώκειλαν τὴν ναῦν· καὶ ἡ μὲν πρώρα ἐρείσασα, ἔμεινεν ἀσάλευτος, ἡ δὲ πρύμνα ἐλύετο ὑπὸ τῆς βίας τῶν κυμάτων.

Transliteration

And having peripesóntes into a place dithalasson, they epōkeilan the naun; and the prōra having ereisasa, emeinen asaleutos, but the prymna elyeto by the bias tōn kymatōn.

Grammar Details

• *peripesóntes*: aorist participle, active, nominative plural - having fallen into/upon
• *dithalasson*: accusative, masculine, singular - between two seas
• *epōkeilan*: aorist active, 3rd plural - ran aground
• *naun*: accusative, feminine, singular - ship
• *prōra*: nominative, feminine, singular - bow/prow
• *ereisasa*: aorist participle, active, nominative singular - having stuck fast
• *emeinen*: aorist active, 3rd singular - remained
• *asaleutos*: nominative, feminine, singular - unmoved/immovable
• *prymna*: nominative, feminine, singular - stern
• *elyeto*: imperfect passive, 3rd singular - was being broken up
• *bias*: genitive, feminine, singular - violence/force
• *kymatōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - waves

Word Meanings

• *peripesóntes*: having fallen upon/encountered
• *dithalasson*: between two seas/with sea on both sides
• *epōkeilan*: they ran aground/beached
• *naun*: ship/vessel
• *prōra ereisasa*: bow having stuck fast
• *emeinen asaleutos*: remained immovable
• *prymna elyeto*: stern was being broken up
• *bias tōn kymatōn*: violence/force of the waves

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And falling into a ple where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the bow stuck fast, and remained immovable, but the stern was broken up by the violence of the waves.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  But{G1161} lighting{G4045} upon{G1519} a place{G5117} where two seas met,{G1337} they ran{G2027} the vessel{G3491} aground;{G2027} and{G2532} the foreship{G4408} {G3303} struck{G2043} and remained{G3306} unmoveable,{G761} but{G1161} the stern{G4403} began to break{G3089} up by{G5259} the violence{G970} [of the waves].{G2949}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And{G1161} falling{G4045}{(G5631)} into{G1519} a place{G5117} where two seas met{G1337}, they ran{G2027} the ship{G3491} aground{G2027}{(G5656)}; and{G2532} the forepart{G4408}{G3303} stuck fast{G2043}{(G5660)}, and remained{G3306}{(G5656)} unmoveable{G761}, but{G1161} the hinder part{G4403} was broken{G3089}{(G5712)} with{G5259} the violence{G970} of the waves{G2949}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  But they chaunsed on a place which had the see on bothe the sydes and thrust in the ship. And the foore parte stucke fast and moved not but ye hynder brake with the violence of the waves.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And whan we chaunced on a place which had the see on both the sydes, the shippe dasshed vpon it. And the fore parte abode fast vnmoued, but the hynder parte brake thorow the violence of the wawes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when they fell into a place, where two seas met, they thrust in the ship: and the forepart stucke fast, and could not be moued, but the hinderpart was broken with the violence of the waues.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And when they fell into a place which had the sea on both sydes, they thrust in the shippe: And the forepart stucke fast & moued not, but the hynder part brake with the violence of the waues.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground. The bow struck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and having fallen into a place of two seas, they ran the ship aground, and the fore-part, indeed, having stuck fast, did remain immoveable, but the hinder-part was broken by the violence of the waves.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But lighting upon a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground; and the foreship struck and remained unmoveable, but the stern began to break up by the violence `of the waves'.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But lighting upon a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground; and the foreship struck and remained unmoveable, but the stern began to break up by the violence [of the waves] .

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And coming to a point between two seas, they got the ship to land; and the front part was fixed in the sand and not able to be moved, but the back part was broken by the force of the waves.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground. The bow struck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But they encountered a patch of crosscurrents and ran the ship aground; the bow stuck fast and could not be moved, but the stern was being broken up by the force of the waves.

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 27:26 : 26 Your rowers brought you into deep waters, but the east wind broke you apart in the heart of the seas.
• Ezek 27:34 : 34 Now that you are broken in the seas, in the depths of the waters, your goods and all your company have fallen in your midst.
• Acts 27:17 : 17 After hoisting it aboard, they used supports to undergird the ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the sandbanks of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and let the ship be driven along.
• Acts 27:26-29 : 26 But we must run aground on some island. 27 On the fourteenth night, as we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight, the sailors sensed that they were approaching land. 28 They took soundings and found the depth to be twenty fathoms. A little later they sounded again and found it to be fifteen fathoms. 29 Fearing that we might run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight.
• 2 Cor 11:25-26 : 25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked; I spent a night and a day in the open sea. 26 I have been constantly on the move: in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own people, in dangers from Gentiles; in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, and in dangers among false believers.
• 1 Kgs 22:48 : 48 There was no king in Edom; a deputy ruled in place of a king.
• 2 Chr 20:37 : 37 But Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, 'Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD will destroy your works.' The ships were wrecked and were unable to sail to Tarshish.