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Jonah 1:13

NETBible	Instead, they tried to row¹ back to land,² but they were not able to do so³ because the storm kept growing worse and worse.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Jon 1:13	Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before.
NASB © biblegateway Jon 1:13	However, the men rowed desperately to return to land but they could not, for the sea was becoming even stormier against them.
NLT © biblegateway Jon 1:13	Instead, the sailors tried even harder to row the boat ashore. But the stormy sea was too violent for them, and they couldn’t make it.
MSG © biblegateway Jon 1:13	But no. The men tried rowing back to shore. They made no headway. The storm only got worse and worse, wild and raging.
BBE © SABDAweb Jon 1:13	And the men were working hard to get back to the land, but they were not able to do so: for the sea got rougher and rougher against them.
NRSV © bibleoremus Jon 1:13	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.
NKJV © biblegateway Jon 1:13	Nevertheless the men rowed hard to return to land, but they could not, for the sea continued to grow more tempestuous against them.
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KJV	Nevertheless the men <0582> rowed hard <02864> (8799) to bring <07725> (8687) [it] to the land <03004>_; but they could <03201> (8804) not: for the sea <03220> wrought <01980> (8802)_, and was tempestuous <05590> (8802) against them. {rowed: Heb. digged} {wrought...: or, grew more and more tempestuous: Heb. went}
NASB © biblegateway Jon 1:13	However, the men <0376> rowed <02864> desperately to return <07725> to land <03004> but they could <03201> not, for the sea <03220> was becoming <01980> even stormier <05590> against <05921> them.
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ parebiazonto <3849> V-IMI-3P oi <3588> T-NPM andrev <435> N-NPM tou <3588> T-GSN epistreqai <1994> V-AAN prov <4314> PREP thn <3588> T-ASF ghn <1065> N-ASF kai <2532> CONJ ouk <3364> ADV hdunanto <1410> V-IMI-3P oti <3754> CONJ h <3588> T-NSF yalassa <2281> N-NSF eporeueto <4198> V-IMI-3S kai <2532> CONJ exhgeireto {V-IMI-3S} mallon <3123> ADV ep <1909> PREP autouv <846> D-APM
NET [draft] ITL	Instead, they <0582> tried to row <02864> back <07725> to <0413> land <03004> , but they were not <03808> able <03201> to do so because <03588> the storm <05590> kept growing <01980> worse and worse.
HEBREW	Mhyle <05921> reow <05590> Klwh <01980> Myh <03220> yk <03588> wlky <03201> alw <03808> hsbyh <03004> la <0413> byshl <07725> Mysnah <0582> wrtxyw (1:13) <02864>

NETBible

Instead, they tried to row¹ back to land,² but they were not able to do so³ because the storm kept growing worse and worse.⁴

NET Notes

¹sn The word translated row is used in Ezekiel to describe digging through a wall (Ezek 8:8; 12:5, 7, 12). Its use in Jonah pictures the sailors digging into the water with their oars as hard as they could.

²sn The word for land here is associated with a Hebrew verb meaning “to be dry” and is the same noun used in v. 9 of dry ground in contrast with the sea, both made by the Lord (see also Gen 1:9-10; Exod 4:9; 14:16, 22, 29; Jonah 2:10).

³tn Heb “but they were not able.” The phrase “to do so” does not appear in the Hebrew text but is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁴tn Heb “the sea was walking and storming.” See the note on the same idiom in v. 11.