World English Bible (WEB)
"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."
God's mercy extends even to Israel's enemies, as Jonah reluctantly learns.
Old Testament • Book #32
Then said they to him, "What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us?" For the sea grew m...
Jonah 1:12He said to them, "Take me up, and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you; for I kn...
Jonah 1:14Therefore they cried to the Lord, and said, "We beg you, Lord, we beg you, let us not perish for thi...
Jonah 1:15So they took up Jonah, and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its raging.
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