Act 27:28 | ESV | STEP | So they took a sounding and found twenty fathoms . A little farther on they took a sounding again and found fifteen fathoms .

Acts 27:28

28 So they took a sounding and found twenty fathoms. ^{▼▼About 120 feet; a fathom (Greek orguia) was about 6 feet or 2 meters} A little farther on they took a sounding again and found fifteen fathoms. ^{▼▼About 90 feet (see previous note)}