All the ship's furniture which it had either for ornament or defence, and not their ballast or lumber only: so willingly do men part with all things for their lives; which yet are but short, and, at best, mixed with care and sorrow, Job 14:1,2.
Related Commentaries of Acts 27:19
Acts 27:19
19 And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.