NET Bible
"Instead, they tried to row back to land, but they were not able to do so because the storm kept growing worse and worse."
— Jonah 1:13, NET Bible
“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 get them back to the land; but they could not: for the sea grew more and more tempestuous 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 stormy against them.”
“And the men rowed hard to return the land, but they were not able: because the sea tossed and swelled upon them.”
“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.”
“Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.”
Hearing this, the men became even more afraid and said to him,“What have you done?”(The men said this because they knew that he was trying to escape from the LORD, because he had previously told them.)
Because the storm was growing worse and worse, they said to him,“What should we do to you so that the sea will calm down for us?”
He said to them,“Pick me up and throw me into the sea so that the sea will calm down for you, because I know it’s my fault you are in this severe storm.”
Instead, they tried to row back to land, but they were not able to do so because the storm kept growing worse and worse.
So they cried out to the LORD,“Oh, please, LORD, don’t let us die on account of this man! Don’t hold us guilty of shedding innocent blood. After all, you, LORD, have done just as you pleased.”
So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.
The men feared the LORD greatly, and earnestly vowed to offer lavish sacrifices to the LORD.