Jonah 1:13
Nevertheless the men 8rowed hard to bring it to the land; ebut they could not: for the sea 9wrought, and was tempestuous 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.
8:
Heb. digged.
e:
Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
Psalms 76:6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
1 Corinthians 10:22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
Proverbs 11:21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
9:
Or, grew more and more tempestuous. Heb. went.
Heb. And; but rightly to the proper sense of the phrase rendered here
Notwithstanding the lot fell on Jonah, he confessed his fault, directs them to cast him overboard, and in all this avoweth himself to be a prophet of God, and assures them of a calm sea if they do this; yet, very willing to save him,
they contrived all ways, and are willing to be at any labour to save him; they ply their oars, and strain their strength, with deep strokes tb force the ship to shore.
all was lost labour; God had given other order to his servants, the wind and sea; both obey him, and both keep Jonah a prisoner, self-condemned, and desirous of what the mariners were very unwilling to.
and was tempestuous against them: see Jon 1:11: the sea tossed itself more violently, and by unsteady motions, like some hurricane, every moment endangered them.