Jonah 1:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The men rowed hard - , literally “dug.” The word, like our “plowed the main,” describes the great efforts which they made. Amid the violence of the storm, they had furled their sails. These were...
Jonah 1:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 1:1 to Jonah 2:1 ; Jonah 2:10 . Jonah vainly Seeks to Evade the Mission to which God Appoints Him. Jonah is bidden by Yahweh to proclaim judgment on Nineveh for its sin, but he hurries in...
Jonah 1:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

rowed hard. The tackling had gone. See note on "wares", Jonah 1:5 . bring it . bring it back.
Jonah 1:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

This verse shows that the sailors and the rest were more inclined to mercy, when they saw that the holy Prophet was willing to undergo the punishment which he had deserved. When therefore, he c...
Jonah 1:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them. The men rowed hard - Were very unwilling to proceed to this extre...
Jonah 1:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them. Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; bu...
Jonah 1:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Disobedience of Jonah 2. Nineveh] the world-famous capital of Assyria, on the Tigris. For its wickedness cp. Nahum 3 . 3 . Jonah seeks to escape from the unwelcome task, both because he hat...
Jonah 1:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Rowed hard. — This is a sufficient rendering of the Hebrew verb, though it misses the metaphor. In every other instance of its use the word refers to the violence employed in breaking through a w...
Jonah 1:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE GREAT REFUSAL John 1:1-17 WE have now laid clear the lines upon which the Book of Jonah was composed. Its purpose is to illustrate God's grace to the heathen in face of His people's refusal...
Jonah 1:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Fleeing from God and Duty John 1:1-16 Jonah is mentioned in 2 Kings 14:25 . He was clearly very patriotic, and did not despair of his country in its darkest days. This commission to Nineveh wa...
Jonah 1:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In narrating his own experience on his mission to Nineveh, Jonah intended to teach his people the lesson of the inclusiveness of the divine government, and thus to rebuke their exclusive attitude tow...
Jonah 1:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This is a beautiful part of the history. The modest enquiries of the mariners; the honesty of Jonah; the reluctances in the minds of the ship's-company to cast Jonah into the sea; their cry unto the...
Jonah 1:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to bring [it] to the land , but they could not ,.... Or, "they digged" l; that is, the waters of the sea with their oars; not by casting anchor, as Abendana; they...
Jonah 1:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring [it] to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them. Ver. 13. Nevertheless the men rowed ] Heb. digged: for so they...
Jonah 1:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nevertheless, the men rowed hard , &c. Whoever these mariners were, they are to be admired for their generosity; for though Jonah had told them that he was the cause of the tempest, and had advi...
Jonah 1:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Prophet Confesses His Folly; The Prophet Reads His Own Doom; The Prophet Cast into the Sea; Jonah's Preservation in the Fish's Belly. B. ...
Jonah 1:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nevertheless, Heb. And ; but rightly to the proper sense of the phrase rendered here nevertheless: Notwithstanding the lot fell on Jonah, he confessed his fault, directs them to cast him overboa...
Jonah 1:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get themselves back to the land, but they could not, for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.' However, to the men's credit, they were loath to of...
Jonah 1:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .] Jonah 1:11 . The sea ] “Not only increasingly tempestuous, but, like a thing alive and obeying its Master’s will, it was holding on its course, its wild waves tossing themselve...
Jonah 1:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jonah 1-4 Jonah buried and risen a type of Christ. I. More than once in the course of our Lord's ministry, among different persons and for different objects, He makes use of the similitude of the...
Jonah 1:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jonah 1:1-3 . Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. But Jonah ro...
Jonah 1:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jonah 1:1 . The word of the Lord came to Jonah. The word of prophecy, delivered by Christ, the preëxistent Word, as appears from his reasoning with the prophet when angry that Nineveh was spared....
Jonah 1:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you. Intelligible providences It is certain that in all general adversities God has some purpose to accomplish with all those that suffer. But...
Jonah 1:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Jonah 1:1-32 Part I. THE MISSION OF JONAH . HIS DISOBEDIENCE AND PUNISHMENT . Jonah 1:1-32 § 1. Jonah is sent to Nineveh to cry against it; but he tries to a...
Jonah 1:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jonah and The Sea Monster
Jonah 1:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 34:29 ; Proverbs 21:30
Jonah 1:13 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Jonah, and the Calvary Message Jonah 1:12-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The message of Calvary is not the message of historical Scriptures alone. Beyond doubt, the final Chapter s of the Gospels, and...

Jonah 1:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jonah 1:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 1:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jonah 1:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 1:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jonah 1:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jonah 1:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 1:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jonah 1:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jonah 1:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jonah 1:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jonah 1:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jonah 1:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jonah 1:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jonah 1:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jonah 1:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jonah 1:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jonah 1:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 1:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jonah 1:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jonah 1:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jonah 1:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jonah 1:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jonah 1:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jonah 1:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jonah 1:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jonah 1:13 - Wells of Living Water Commentary