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.


In Context

10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said to him, |What is this that you have done?| For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Yahweh, because he had told them.

11 Then they said to him, |What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us?| For the sea grew more and more stormy.

12 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.|

13 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.

14 Therefore they cried to Yahweh, and said, |We beg you, Yahweh, we beg you, don't let us die for this man's life, and don't lay on us innocent blood; for you, Yahweh, have done as it pleased you.|

15 So they took up Jonah, and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its 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 English Revised 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 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 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.