Bible in Basic English
"And as we had not seen the sun or stars for a long time, and a great storm was on us, all hope of salvation was gone."
— Acts 27:20, Bible in Basic English
“And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.”
“And when neither sun nor stars shone upon us for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was now taken away. ”
“When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.”
“When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and a violent storm continued to batter us, we finally abandoned all hope of being saved.”
And having got it up, they put cords under and round the ship; but fearing that they might be pushed on to the Syrtis, they let down the sails and so went running before the wind.
And, still fighting the storm with all our strength, the day after they made a start at getting the goods out of the ship;
And on the third day, they let all the sailing apparatus go over the side.
And as we had not seen the sun or stars for a long time, and a great storm was on us, all hope of salvation was gone.
And when they had been without food for a long time, Paul got up among them and said, Friends, it would have been better if you had given attention to me and not gone sailing out from Crete, to undergo this damage and loss.
But now, I say to you, be of good heart, for there will be no loss of life, but only of the ship.
For this night there came to my side an angel of the God who is my Master and whose servant I am,