Acts 27:41

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.

📖 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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 have brought you into great waters: the east wind has broken you in the midst of the seas.
• Ezek 27:34 : 34 In the time when you shall be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters your merchandise and all your company in the midst of you shall fall.
• Acts 27:17 : 17 Which when they had taken up, they used aids to undergird the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, they lowered the sail, and so were driven.
• Acts 27:26-29 : 26 However, we must be cast upon a certain island. 27 But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the sailors sensed that they were nearing land; 28 And they sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms. 29 Then fearing lest we should be driven upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for daybreak.
• 2 Cor 11:25-26 : 25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have been in the deep; 26 In journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own countrymen, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
• 1 Kgs 22:48 : 48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they did not go; for the ships were wrecked at Eziongeber.
• 2 Chr 20:37 : 37 But Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works. So the ships were wrecked and were not able to go to Tarshish.