Jonah 1:13

In 11 translations

BSB

Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea was raging against them more and more.Hebrew the men dug in

KJV

Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.rowed: Heb. diggedwrought…: or, grew more and more tempestuous: Heb. went

WEB

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.

ASV

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.

LSV

And the men row to turn back to the dry land, and are not able, for the sea is more and more turbulent against them.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

Neuerthelesse, the men rowed to bring it to the lande, but they coulde not: for the sea wrought, and was troublous against them.

JPS

Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not; for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.

LXXE

And the men tried hard to return to the land, and were not able: for the sea rose and grew more and more tempestuous against them.Lit. went and rose up more.

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WLC

וַיַּחְתְּר֣וּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים לְהָשִׁ֛יב אֶל־הַיַּבָּשָׁ֖ה וְלֹ֣א יָכֹ֑לוּ כִּ֣י הַיָּ֔ם הוֹלֵ֥ךְ וְסֹעֵ֖ר עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ παρεβιάζοντο οἱ ἄνδρες τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι πρὸς τὴν γῆν, καὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο, ὅτι ἡ θάλασσα ἐπορεύετο, καὶ ἐξηγείρετο μᾶλλον ἐπʼ αὐτούς.

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• Jonah and the great fish Jonah flees God's call to Nineveh; thrown overboard, he is swallowed by a great fish and returned to land. Sent again, he warns the city; it…

Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
• Job 34:29But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,

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