Verse 4
Behold,{G2400} the ships{G4143} also,{G2532} though{G5607} they are so great{G5082} and{G2532} are driven{G1643} by{G5259} rough{G4642} winds,{G417} are yet turned about{G3329} by{G5259} a very small{G1646} rudder,{G4079} whither{G3699} {G302} the impulse{G3730} of the steersman{G2116} None willeth.{G1014}
Referenced Verses
- Ps 107:25-27 : 25 For he commandeth,{H559} and raiseth{H5975} the stormy{H5591} wind,{H7307} Which lifteth up{H7311} the waves{H1530} thereof. 26 They mount up{H5927} to the heavens,{H8064} they go down{H3381} again to the depths:{H8415} Their soul{H5315} melteth{H4127} away because of trouble.{H7451} 27 They reel to and fro,{H2287} and stagger{H5128} like a drunken man,{H7910} And are at their wits'{H2451} end.{H1104}
- Jonah 1:4 : 4 But Jehovah{H3068} sent out{H2904} a great{H1419} wind{H7307} upon the sea,{H3220} and there was a mighty{H1419} tempest{H5591} on the sea,{H3220} so that the ship{H591} was like{H2803} to be broken.{H7665}
- Matt 8:24 : 24 And{G2532} behold,{G2400} there arose{G1096} a great{G3173} tempest{G4578} in{G1722} the sea,{G2281} insomuch that{G5620} the boat{G4143} was covered{G2572} with{G5259} the waves:{G2949} but{G1161} he{G846} was asleep.{G2518}
- Acts 27:14-38 : 14 But{G1161} after{G3326} no{G3756} long{G4183} time there beat{G906} down{G2596} from it{G846} a tempestuous{G5189} wind,{G417} which is called{G2564} Euraquilo:{G2148} 15 and{G1161} when the ship{G4143} was caught,{G4884} and{G2532} could{G1410} not{G3361} face{G503} the wind,{G417} we gave way{G1929} [to it,] and were driven.{G5342} 16 And{G1161} running under{G5295} the lee of a small{G5100} island{G3519} called{G2564} Cauda,{G2802} we were able, with{G2480} difficulty,{G3433} to secure{G1096} the{G4031} boat:{G4627} 17 and{G3739} when they had hoisted it up,{G142} they used{G5530} helps,{G996} under-girding{G5269} the ship;{G4143} and,{G5037} fearing{G5399} lest{G3361} they should be cast{G1601} upon{G1519} the Syrtis,{G4950} they lowered{G5465} the gear,{G4632} and so{G3779} were driven.{G5342} 18 And{G1161} as we{G2257} labored exceedingly{G4971} with the storm,{G5492} the next{G1836} day they began{G4160} to throw{G1546} the [the freight] overboard; 19 and{G2532} the third{G5154} day they cast out{G4496} with their own hands{G849} the tackling{G4631} of the ship.{G4143} 20 And{G1161} when neither{G3383} sun{G2246} nor{G3383} stars{G798} shone{G2014} upon [us] for{G1909} many{G4119} days,{G2250} and{G5037} no{G3756} small{G3641} tempest{G5494} lay on{G1945} [us,] all{G3956} hope{G1680} that we{G2248} should be saved{G4982} was{G4014} now{G3063} taken away.{G4014} 21 And{G1161} when{G5119} {G5225} they had been long{G4183} without{G776} food, then Paul{G3972} stood forth{G2476} in{G1722} the midst{G3319} of them,{G846} and said,{G5599} Sirs,{G435} ye should{G1163} {G3980} have hearkened{G3980} unto me,{G3427} and{G5037} not{G3361} have set sail{G321} from{G575} Crete,{G2914} and{G2532} have gotten{G2770} this{G3778} injury{G5196} and{G2532} loss.{G2209} 22 And{G2532} now{G3867} I exhort{G5209} you{G2114} to be of good cheer;{G580} for{G5590} there shall be{G1537} no{G2071} loss of{G1063} life{G3762} among{G5216} you,{G4133} but{G3588} [only] of the ship.{G4143} 23 For{G1063} there stood{G3936} by me{G3427} this{G3778} night{G3571} an angel{G32} of the God{G2316} whose{G3739} I am,{G1510} {G1510} whom{G3739} also I serve,{G3000} 24 saying,{G3004} Fear{G5399} not,{G3361} Paul;{G3972} thou{G4571} must stand{G1163} before{G3936} Caesar:{G2541} and{G2532} lo,{G2400} God{G2316} hath granted{G5483} thee{G4671} all{G3956} them{G3588} that sail{G4126} with{G3326} thee.{G4675} 25 Wherefore,{G1352} sirs,{G435} be of good cheer:{G2114} for{G1063} I believe{G4100} God,{G2316} that{G3754} it{G3779} shall be{G2071} even{G2596} so as{G5158} it{G3779} hath been spoken{G2980} unto me.{G3427} 26 But{G1161} we{G2248} must{G1163} be cast{G1601} upon{G1519} a certain{G5100} island.{G3520} 27 But{G1161} when{G5613} the fourteenth{G5065} night{G3571} was come,{G1096} as we{G2257} were driven to and fro{G1308} in{G1722} the [sea of] Adria,{G99} about{G2596} {G3319} midnight{G3571} the sailors{G3492} surmised that{G5282} they{G846} were drawing near to{G4317} some{G5100} country:{G5561} 28 and{G2532} they sounded,{G1001} and found{G2147} twenty{G1501} fathoms;{G3712} and{G1161} after{G1339} a little space,{G1024} they sounded{G1001} again,{G3825} and{G2532} found{G2147} fifteen{G1178} fathoms.{G3712} 29 And{G5037} fearing{G5399} lest{G3381} haply we should be cast{G1601} ashore on{G1519} rocky{G5117} ground, they let go{G4496} four{G5064} anchors{G45} from{G1537} the stern,{G4403} and wished{G2172} for{G1096} the day.{G2250} 30 And{G1161} as the sailors{G3492} were seeking{G2212} to flee{G5343} out of{G1537} the ship,{G4143} and{G2532} had lowered{G5465} the boat{G4627} into{G1519} the sea,{G2281} under color{G4392} as though{G5613} they would{G3195} lay out{G1614} anchors{G45} from{G1537} the foreship,{G4408} 31 Paul{G3972} said{G2036} to the centurion{G1543} and{G2532} to the soldiers,{G4757} Except{G1437} {G3361} these{G3778} abide{G3306} in{G1722} the ship,{G4143} ye{G5210} cannot{G3756} {G1410} be saved.{G4982} 32 Then{G5119} the soldiers{G4757} cut away{G609} the ropes{G4979} of the boat,{G4627} and{G2532} let{G1439} her{G846} fall off.{G1601} 33 And{G1161} while{G891} the day{G2250} was{G3195} coming on,{G1096} Paul{G3972} besought{G3870} them all{G537} to take{G3335} some food,{G5160} saying,{G3004} This day{G4594} is the fourteenth{G5065} day{G2250} that{G3739} ye wait{G4328} and continue{G1300} fasting,{G777} having taken{G4355} nothing.{G3367} 34 Wherefore{G1352} I beseech{G3870} you{G5209} to take{G4355} some food:{G5160} for{G1063} this is{G5124} for{G4314} your{G5212} safety:{G4991} for{G1063} there shall{G5225} not{G3762} a hair{G2359} perish{G4098} from{G1537} the head{G2776} of any of you.{G5216} 35 And when{G1161} he had{G2036} said{G2036} this,{G5023} and had{G2036} taken{G2983} bread,{G740} he gave thanks{G2168} to God{G2316} in the presence{G1799} of all;{G3956} and{G2532} he brake{G2806} it, and began{G756} to eat.{G2068} 36 Then{G1161} were{G1096} they all{G3956} of good cheer,{G2115} and{G2532} themselves{G846} also took{G4355} food.{G5160} 37 And{G1161} we were{G1510} in all{G3956} in{G1722} the ship{G4143} two hundred{G1250} threescore{G1440} and sixteen{G1803} souls.{G5590} 38 And when{G1161} they had eaten{G2880} enough,{G5160} they lightened{G2893} the ship,{G4143} throwing out{G1544} the wheat{G4621} into{G1519} the sea.{G2281}