Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before.
OJBNevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the yabashah; but they could not: for the yam did rage, and was tempestuous against them.
T4TBut the sailors did not want to do that. Instead, they tried hard to row the ship back to the land. But they could not do that, because the storm continued to get worse.