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 overboard, and in all this avoweth himself to be a prophet of God, and assures them of a calm sea if they do this; yet, very willing to save him, the men rowed hard; they contrived all ways, and are willing to be at any labour to save him; they ply their oars, and strain their strength, with deep strokes tb force the ship to shore. But they could not; all was lost labour; God had given other order to his servants, the wind and sea; both obey him, and both keep Jonah a prisoner, self-condemned, and desirous of what the mariners were very unwilling to. For the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them: see Jonah 1:11: the sea tossed itself more violently, and by unsteady motions, like some hurricane, every moment endangered them.