Jonah 1:13
ESV
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.
NIV
Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before.
NASB
However, the men rowed desperately to return to land, but they could not, because the sea was becoming even stormier against them.
CSB
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.
NLT
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.
KJV
Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.
NKJV
Nevertheless the men rowed hard to return to land, but they could not, for the sea continued to grow more tempestuous against them.