We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.
Parallel translations
- WEB As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.
- KJV And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
- NKJV And because we were exceedingly tempest-tossed, the next day they lightened the ship.
- NASB The next day as we were being violently tossed by the storm, they began to jettison the cargo;
- NLT The next day, as gale-force winds continued to batter the ship, the crew began throwing the cargo overboard.
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Quick answer
Battered by the storm, the next day they begin throwing cargo overboard.
Overview
To lighten the foundering ship they jettison its load, sacrificing valuable goods to survive. The mounting losses fulfill part of Paul's earlier warning. The scene of desperate men casting away their treasure underscores human helplessness and sets up the contrast with the hope God will give through Paul.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Jonah 1:5The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.
- Acts 27:38After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
- Matt 16:26What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
- Heb 12:1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
- Acts 27:19On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.
- Luke 16:8The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.
- Phil 3:7–8But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
- Ps 107:27They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.
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