NIV: Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before.
NAS: However, the men rowed desperately to return to land but they could not, for the sea was becoming even stormier against them.
KJV: Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.
GWT: Instead, the men tried to row harder to get the ship back to shore, but they couldn't do it. The storm was getting worse.
ASV: Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not: for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.
BBE: And the men were working hard to get back to the land, but they were not able to do so: for the sea got rougher and rougher against them.
DBY: But the men rowed hard to regain the land; but they could not; for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.
DRB: And the men rowed hard to return to land, but they were not able: because the sea tossed and swelled upon them.
WBS: Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.
WEB: Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy against them.
YLT: And the men row to turn back unto the dry land, and are not able, for the sea is more and more tempestuous against them.
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