Jonah 1:13 {12}
Good News Translation
Instead, the sailors tried to get the ship to shore, rowing with all their might. But the storm was becoming worse and worse, and they got nowhere.

New Revised Standard Version
Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring the ship back to land, but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy against them.

Contemporary English Version
The sailors tried their best to row to the shore. But they could not do it, and the storm kept getting worse every minute.

New American Bible
Still the men rowed hard to return to dry land, but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to them: take me up, and cast me into the sea, and the sea shall be calm to you: for I know for my sake this great tempest is upon you.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he said to them: take me up, and cast me into the sea, and the sea shall be calm to you: for I know for my sake this great tempest is upon you.

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Job 34:29 For when he granteth peace, who is there that can condemn? When he hideth his countenance, who is there that can behold him, whether it regard nations, or all men?

Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel against the Lord.

Context
Jonah Cast Into the Sea and Swallowed
12And they said to him: What shall we do with thee, that the sea may be calm to us? for the sea flowed and swelled. 13And he said to them: take me up, and cast me into the sea, and the sea shall be calm to you: for I know for my sake this great tempest is upon you.14And the men rowed hard to return the land, but they were not able: because the sea tossed and swelled upon them.…
Cross References
Jonah 1:12
And they said to him: What shall we do with thee, that the sea may be calm to us? for the sea flowed and swelled.

Jonah 1:14
And the men rowed hard to return the land, but they were not able: because the sea tossed and swelled upon them.

Jonah 1:12
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