Jonah 1:13

Bible in Basic English 1965

And the men were working hard to get back to the land, but they were not able to do so: for the sea got rougher and rougher against them.

Cross References

Job 34:29

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Proverbs 21:30

Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.

Jonah 1:12

And he said to them, Take me up and put me into the sea, and the sea will become calm for you: for I am certain that because of me this great storm has come on you.

Jonah 1:14

So, crying to the Lord, they said, Give ear to our prayer, O Lord, give ear, and do not let destruction overtake us because of this man's life; do not put on us the sin of taking life without cause: for you, O Lord, have done what seemed good to you.