13Nevertheless 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.


In Context

10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, What is this that thou hast done? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.

11 Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea grew more and more tempestuous.

12 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.

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.

14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.

15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

Jonah 1:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:13Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring [it] to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:13Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:13And the men rowed hard to return to land, but they were not able: because the sea tossed and swelled upon them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:13Nevertheless 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:13But the men rowed hard to regain the land; but they could not; for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:13Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:13Nevertheless 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:13And the men row to turn back unto the dry land, and are not able, for the sea is more and more tempestuous against them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:13Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea worked, and was tempestuous against them.