Jonah 1:13 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJonah 1:13 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיַּחְתְּר֣וּ
châthar
H2864
to dig
הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים
ʼîysh
H376
man
לְהָשִׁ֛יב
shûwb
H7725
to return
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
הַיַּבָּשָׁ֖ה
yabbâshâh
H3004
dry land
וְלֹ֣א
lôʼ
H3808
not
יָכֹ֑לוּ
yâkôl
H3201
to prevail
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
הַיָּ֔ם
yâm
H3220
sea
הוֹלֵ֥ךְ
hâlak
H1980
to walk
וְסֹעֵ֖ר
çâʻar
H5590
to storm
עֲלֵיהֶֽם
ʻal
H5921
upon
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
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.
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King James Version Public Domain
Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But the men rowed hard to return themselves to the land, but they could not, because the sea was progressing and storming over them.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).