Jonah 1:13

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Instead, they tried to row back to land, but they were not able to do so because the storm kept growing worse and worse.

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  • Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the LORD.
  • Job 34:29 : 29 But if God is quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, then who can see him? Yet he is over the individual and the nation alike,

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