New Revised Standard Version
When a moderate south wind began to blow, they thought they could achieve their purpose; so they weighed anchor and began to sail past Crete, close to the shore.

Contemporary English Version
When a gentle wind from the south started blowing, the men thought it was a good time to do what they had planned. So they pulled up the anchor, and we sailed along the coast of Crete.

New American Bible
A south wind blew gently, and thinking they had attained their objective, they weighed anchor and sailed along close to the coast of Crete.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the south wind gently blowing, thinking that they had obtained their purpose, when they had loosed from Asson, they sailed close by Crete.

And the south wind gently blowing, thinking that they had obtained their purpose, when they had loosed from Asson, they sailed close by Crete.

the south.

Job 37:17 Are not thy garments hot, when the south wind blows upon the earth?

Psalm 78:26 He removed the south wind from heaven: and by his power brought in the southwest wind.

Songs 4:16 Arise, O north wind, and come, O south wind, blow through my garden, and let the aromatical spices thereof flow.

Luke 12:55 And when ye see the south wind blow, you say: There will heat. And it cometh to pass.

loosing.

Acts 27:21 And after they had fasted a long time, Paul standing forth in the midst of them, said: You should indeed, O ye men, have hearkened unto me and not have loosed from Crete and have gained this harm and loss.