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Jonah 1:13

New International Version

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

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American Standard Version

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.

Christian Standard Bible

Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they couldn’t because the sea was raging against them more and more.

English Standard Version

Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.

King James Version

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

New American Standard Bible

However, the men rowed desperately to return to land, but they could not, because the sea was becoming even stormier against them.

New King James Version

Nevertheless the men rowed hard to return to land, but they could not, for the sea continued to grow more tempestuous against them.

New Living Translation

Instead, the sailors rowed even harder to get the ship to the land. But the stormy sea was too violent for them, and they couldn’t make it.

World English Bible

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.