Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy against them.
When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? Alike whether to a nation, or to a man,
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
He said to them, *Take me up, and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you; for I know that because of me this great storm is on you.*
Therefore they cried to the LORD, and said, *We beg you, LORD, we beg you, let us not perish for this man's life, and don't lay on us innocent blood; for you, LORD, have done as it pleased you.*