They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.
DRAWho also sounding, found twenty fathoms; and going on a little further, they found fifteen fathoms.
EMTVAnd having taken a sounding, they found it to be twenty fathoms; and when they had gone a little farther, they took soundings again and found it to be fifteen fathoms;
FBVThey checked the depth and found it was forty meters, and a little while later they checked again and it was thirty meters.
GNVAnd sounded, and found it twentie fathoms: and when they had gone a litle further, they sounded againe, and found fifteene fathoms.
LSVand having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms,
NASBAnd they took soundings and found it to be twenty fathoms; and a little farther on they took another sounding and found it to be fifteen fathoms.NASB 2020
NIV (US)They took soundings and found that the water was a hundred and twenty feet deep. A short time later they took soundings again and found it was ninety feet deep.
NIV (UK)They took soundings and found that the water was forty metres deep. A short time later they took soundings again and found it was thirty metres deep.
OJBAnd having taken soundings, they found twenty fathoms and, having sailed a little vaiter (farther), again they took soundings, and they found fifteen fathoms.
TCENTSo they took a sounding and found it to be twenty fathoms. After going a little farther, they took another sounding and found it to be fifteen fathoms.
T4TSo they lowered a weight on a rope to measure how deep the water was. When they pulled the rope up again, they measured it and saw that the water was ◄120 ft./37 meters► deep. They went a little farther and lowered the rope again. That time, they saw that the water was only about ◄90 ft./28 meters► deep.