Jonah 1:13

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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 t...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

rowed hard. The tackling had gone. See note on "wares", Jonah 1:5 . bring it . bring it back.
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 puni...
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 h...
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. Neverthel...
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 e...
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 refer...
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 gr...
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...
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 governmen...
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-compa...
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 the...
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. Nev...
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...
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 t...
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 con...
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.' H...
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 holdi...
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 differ...
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 t...
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 wit...
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 pur...
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 se...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jonah and The Sea Monster
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nevertheless the men, not desiring to carry out the prophet's suggestion, rowed hard to bring it to the land, that is, they tried everything they k...
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. Beyo...

¹³ Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.

Related Commentaries of Jonah 1:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Jonah 1:13