Acts 27:34 - Forerunner Commentary

Acts 27:34

32 Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the skiff and let it fall off.

33 And as day was about to dawn, Paul implored them all to take food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day you have waited and continued without food, and eaten nothing.

34 Therefore I urge you to take nourishment, for this is for your survival, ^asince not a hair will fall from the head of any of you.”

35 And when he had said these things, he took bread and ^agave thanks to God in the presence of them all; and when he had broken it he began to eat.

36 Then they were all encouraged, and also took food themselves.

37 And in all we were two hundred and seventy-six ^apersons on the ship.

38 So when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship and threw out the wheat into the sea.

Verse Comparison: Acts 27:34

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American Standard Version
Wherefore I beseech you to take some food: for this is for your safety: for there shall not a hair perish from the head of any of you.

Amplified® Bible
So I urge (warn, exhort, encourage, advise) you to take some food [for your safety]--it will give you strength; for not a hair is to perish from the head of any one of you.

Contemporary English Version
I beg you to eat something. Your lives depend on it. Do this and not one of you will be hurt."

Darby English Version
Wherefore I exhort you to partake of food, for this has to do with your safety; for not a hair from the head of any one of you shall perish.

Good News Bible
I beg you, then, eat some food; you need it in order to survive. Not even a hair of your heads will be lost."

International Standard Version
So I urge you to eat something, for it will help you survive, since none of you will lose a hair from his head."

King James Version
Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.

New American Standard Bible
"Therefore I encourage you to take some food, for this is for your preservation, for not a hair from the head of any of you will perish."

New International Version
Now I urge you to take some food. You need it to survive. Not one of you will lose a single hair from his head."

New King James Version
Therefore I urge you to take nourishment, for this is for your survival, since not a hair will fall from the head of any of you.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Therefore I encourage you to take some food, for this will help preserve you, for not a hair from the head of any of you will perish."

Young's Literal Translation
wherefore I call upon you to take nourishment, for this is for your safety, for of not one of you shall a hair from the head fall;'

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