Acts 27:7

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

We made slow headway for many days and had difficulty arriving off Cnidus. Because the wind did not allow us to go further, we sailed under the lee of Crete, off Salmone.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐν ἱκαναῖς δὲ ἡμέραις βραδυπλοοῦντες, καὶ μόλις γενόμενοι κατὰ τὴν Κνίδον, μὴ προσεῶντος ἡμᾶς τοῦ ἀνέμου, ὑπεπλεύσαμεν τὴν Κρήτην, κατὰ Σαλμώνην·

Transliteration

And for hikanais hēmerais bradyploountes, and molis genomenoi off Knidon, mē proseōntos us tou anemou, we hypleusamen Krētēn, by Salmōnēn.

Grammar Details

• *hikanais*: dative, feminine, plural - many/sufficient
• *hēmerais*: dative, feminine, plural - days
• *bradyploountes*: present participle, active, nominative plural - sailing slowly
• *molis*: adverb - hardly/with difficulty
• *genomenoi*: aorist participle, middle, nominative plural - having become/arrived
• *proseōntos*: present participle, active, genitive singular - permitting/allowing
• *anemou*: genitive, masculine, singular - wind
• *hypleusamen*: aorist active, 1st plural - we sailed under

Word Meanings

• *hikanais hēmerais*: for many days/sufficient number of days
• *bradyploountes*: sailing slowly/making slow progress
• *molis*: with difficulty/hardly/scarcely
• *genomenoi kata*: having come off/reached/arrived at
• *mē proseōntos*: not permitting/allowing
• *hypleusamen*: we sailed under/to the lee of

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And when we had sailed slowly for many days, and barely came opposite Cnidus, the wind not allowing us, we sailed under Crete, opposite Salmone;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And when we had sailed slowly many days, and were come with difficulty over against Cnidus, the wind not further suffering us, we sailed under the lee of Crete, over against Salmone;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And when we had sayled slowly many dayes and scace were come over agaynst Gnydon (because the wynde with stode vs) we sayled harde by the costes of Candy over agaynste Salmo

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And whan we had sayled slowly, and in many dayes were scarcely come ouer agaynst Gnydon (for the wynde with stode vs) we sayled by Candy nye vnto the cite off Salmo,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when we had sayled slowly many dayes, and scarce were come against Gnidum, because the winde suffered vs not, we sailed hard by Candie, neere to Salmone,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And whe we had sayled slowly many dayes, & scarce were come ouer agaynst Guydum, because ye wynde withstoode vs, we sayled harde by Candie, ouer agaynst Salmo,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with difficulty opposite Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further, we sailed under the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and having sailed slowly many days, and with difficulty coming over-against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over-against Salmone,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when we had sailed slowly many days, and were come with difficulty over against Cnidus, the wind not further suffering us, we sailed under the lee of Crete, over against Salmone;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when we had sailed slowly many days, and were come with difficulty over against Cnidus, the wind not further suffering us, we sailed under the lee of Crete, over against Salmone;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And when we had gone on slowly for a long time, and had had hard work getting across to Cnidus, for the wind was against us, we went under cover of Crete, in the direction of Salmone;

• World English Bible (2000)

  When we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with difficulty opposite Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further, we sailed under the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  We sailed slowly for many days and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus. Because the wind prevented us from going any farther, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone.

Referenced Verses

• Acts 27:21 : 21 After they had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, "Men, you should have listened to me and not set sail from Crete, thereby avoiding this disaster and loss.
• Titus 1:5 : 5 I left you in Crete for this reason, so that you might set in order what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you.
• Titus 1:12 : 12 One of their own prophets has said, 'Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and lazy gluttons.'
• Acts 2:11 : 11 both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!
• Acts 27:12-13 : 12 Since the harbor was unsuitable to spend the winter in, the majority decided that we should set sail, hoping to reach Phoenix, a harbor in Crete, facing southwest and northwest, to winter there. 13 When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had obtained what they wanted, so they weighed anchor and sailed along the shore of Crete.
• Acts 27:4 : 4 From there we put out to sea again and sailed under the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.