Jonah 1:13

New English Translation

Instead, they tried to row back to land, but they were not able to do so because the storm kept growing worse and worse.

Cross References

Job 34:29

But if God is quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, then who can see him? Yet he is over the individual and the nation alike,

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the Lord.

Jonah 1:12

He said to them, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea to make the sea quiet down, because I know it’s my fault you are in this severe storm.”

Jonah 1:14

So they cried out to the Lord, “Oh, please, Lord, don’t let us die on account of this man! Don’t hold us guilty of shedding innocent blood. After all, you, Lord, have done just as you pleased.”