Jonás 1:13

13 Sin embargo, en un intento por regresar a tierra firme, los marineros se pusieron a remar con todas sus fuerzas; pero como el mar se enfurecía más y más contra ellos, no lo consiguieron.

Jonás 1:13 Meaning and Commentary

Jonah 1:13

Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to bring [it] to the land,
but they could not
Or, "they digged" ^F12; that is, the waters of the sea with their oars; not by casting anchor, as Abendana; they used all their skill and exerted all their strength; they laboured with all their might and main, as a man digs in a pit; they ploughed the ocean, and furrowed the sea, as the Latins speak, but all in vain; they rowed against wind and tide; God, his purposes and providence, were against them; and it was not possible for them to make land, and get the ship ashore, which they were desirous of, to save the life of Jonah, as well as their own; for, seeing him penitent, they had compassion on him; his character and profession as a prophet, the gravity of the man, the sedateness of his countenance, his openness of mind, and his willingness to die, wrought greatly upon the men, that they would fain have saved him if they could; and perhaps being Heathens, and not knowing thoroughly the nature of his offence, might think he did not deserve to die; but all their endeavours to save him were to no purpose: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them;
it grew more and more so; the storm beat right against them, and drove them back faster than they came; so that it was impossible to stand against it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (wrtxyw) "et fodiebant", Montanus, Calvin, Piscator, Tarnovius; "foderunt", Vatablus, Liveleus.

Jonás 1:13 In-Context

11 Pero el mar se iba enfureciendo más y más, así que le preguntaron:—¿Qué vamos a hacer contigo para que el mar deje de azotarnos?

12 —Tómenme y láncenme al mar, y el mar dejará de azotarlos —les respondió—. Yo sé bien que por mi culpa se ha desatado sobre ustedes esta terrible tormenta.

13 Sin embargo, en un intento por regresar a tierra firme, los marineros se pusieron a remar con todas sus fuerzas; pero como el mar se enfurecía más y más contra ellos, no lo consiguieron.

14 Entonces clamaron al SEÑOR: «Oh SEÑOR, tú haces lo que quieres. No nos hagas perecer por quitarle la vida a este hombre, ni nos hagas responsables de la muerte de un inocente».

15 Así que tomaron a Jonás y lo lanzaron al agua, y la furia del mar se aplacó.