When it was day, they did not recognize the land; but they observed a bay with a beach, onto which they planned to run the ship if possible.
Parallel translations
- WEB When it was day, they didn’t recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay with a beach, and they decided to try to drive the ship onto it.
- KJV And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
- BSB When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.
- NASB Now when day came, they could not recognize the land; but they did notice a bay with a beach, and they resolved to run the ship onto it if they could.
- NLT When morning dawned, they didn’t recognize the coastline, but they saw a bay with a beach and wondered if they could get to shore by running the ship aground.
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Quick answer
At daylight they spot an unfamiliar bay with a beach and resolve to run the ship aground there.
Overview
Dawn reveals a landing place, though they do not recognize the coast. Their plan to beach the ship moves toward the fulfillment of Paul's prophecy of running aground on an island. The arrival of light after the long dark storm fittingly accompanies the dawning of deliverance God had foretold.
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- Acts 28:1When we had escaped, then they learned that the island was called Malta.
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