Jonah 1:13 - The Scriptures 1998

¹³ However, the men rowed hard to bring the ship to land, but were unable, for the sea continued to grow more stormy against them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring the ship to the land, but they could not, for the sea became more and more violent against them.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not: for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.

Common English Bible

¹³ The men rowed to reach dry land, but they couldn’t manage it because the sea continued to rage against them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ And the men were rowing, so as to return to dry land, but they did not succeed. For the sea flowed and swelled against them.

Jonah 1:13 Cross References

Job 34:29

And when He is silent, who would then condemn? And when He hides His face, who then sees Him, whether it is against a nation or a man alone?

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom or understanding Or counsel against יהוה.

Jonah 1:12

And he said to them, “Take me and throw me into the sea, so that the sea becomes calm for you. For I know that this great storm is because of me.”

Jonah 1:14

And they cried out to יהוה  and said, “We pray, O יהוה, please, let us not perish for this man’s life, and do not lay on us innocent blood. For You, O יהוה, have done as it pleased You.”