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Jonah 1:13

King James Version (KJV)

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Jonah 1:13

Verse 13 of 17

Scripture focus

Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring [it] to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.

Jonah 1:13 — KJV

Theological / Devotional

The men rowed hard. Perhaps some doubt existed as to whether Jonah’s God required so extreme a measure.

To the land. It was the custom of ancient seagoing vessels to travel along the coast line; hence the ship was not far from land.

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