Act Acts, chapter Acts of the Apostles, chapter 27
And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart there also, if by any means they might attain to Phoenicia [land of palm trees], [and there] to winter; [which is] an haven of Crete [fleshy], and lies toward the south west and north west.
Atti 27:12 in diverse traduzioni
Inglese
KJV (66 books)
And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.
KJV (Cambridge)
And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is a haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.
AFINT (Exp US)
Since the harbor was unsuitable for wintering, the majority voted to attempt reaching Phoenix, a Cretan harbor facing southwest and northwest, to spend the winter there.
AFINT (Exp UK)
Since the harbour was unsuitable for wintering, the majority voted to attempt reaching Phoenix, a Cretan harbour facing southwest and northwest, to spend the winter there.
AFINT (Lit US)
And because the harbor was unsuitable to spend the winter in, the majority made a decision to put out to sea from there, if somehow they might be able to arrive at Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, facing toward the southwest and toward the northwest, to pass the winter there.
AFINT (Lit UK)
And because the harbour was unsuitable to spend the winter in, the majority made a decision to put out to sea from there, if somehow they might be able to arrive at Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, facing towards the southwest and towards the northwest, to pass the winter there.
ASV
And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to put to sea from thence, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter there; which is a haven of Crete, looking north-east and south-east.
BSB
Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, hoping that somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.
DRA
And whereas it was not a commodious haven to winter in, the greatest part gave counsel to sail thence, if by any means they might reach Phenice to winter there, which is a haven of Crete, looking towards the southwest and northwest.
EMTV
And because the harbor was not suitable to winter in, the majority gave counsel to put to sea from there, if perhaps they might be able to get to Phoenix to spend the winter there, a harbor of Crete opening toward the southwest and to the northwest.
FBV
Since the harbor was not large enough to over winter in, the majority were in favor of leaving and trying if possible to reach Phoenix and spend the winter there—a harbor in Crete that faces northwest and southwest.
GNV
And because the hauen was not commodious to winter in, many tooke counsell to depart thence, if by any meanes they might attaine to Phenice, there to winter, which is an hauen of Candie, and lyeth toward the Southwest and by West, and Northwest and by West.
LSV
and the haven being not well placed to winter in, the greater part gave counsel to sail from there, if somehow they might be able, having attained to Phoenix, to winter [there], [which is] a haven of Crete, looking to the southwest and northwest,
NIV (US)
Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided that we should sail on, hoping to reach Phoenix and winter there. This was a harbor in Crete, facing both southwest and northwest.
NIV (UK)
Since the harbour was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided that we should sail on, hoping to reach Phoenix and winter there. This was a harbour in Crete, facing both south-west and north-west.
OJB
But the port being unfavorably situated for spending the winter, the majority decided to set sail from there, if somehow they could reach Phoenix to spend the winter. It was a harbor of Crete, facing southwest and northwest.
TCENT
Because the harbor was not a suitable place for spending the winter, the majority made a decision to set sail from there also, hoping to somehow reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest, so that we could spend the winter there.
T4T
The harbor where the ship had stopped was not a good place to remain during the winter when the weather frequently becomes stormy. So most of the people on the ship decided that we(exc) should leave there, because they hoped that we could stay at Phoenix port during the winter, if we could possibly arrive there. That harbor was open to the sea in two directions, but the strong winds did not blow there.
WEB (US)
Because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised going to sea from there, if by any means they could reach Phoenix and winter there, which is a port of Crete, looking southwest and northwest.
Italiano
Diodati
E, perchè il porto non era ben posto da vernare, i più furono di parere di partirsi di là, per vernare in Fenice, porto di Creti, che riguarda verso il vento Libeccio, e Maestro; se pure in alcun modo potevano arrivarvi.