Jonah 1:13 - Common English Bible

The men rowed to reach dry land, but they couldn’t manage it because the sea continued to rage against them.

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

Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring the ship to the land, but they could not, for the sea became more and more violent against them.

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.

And the men were rowing, so as to return to dry land, but they did not succeed. For the sea flowed and swelled against them.