The men rowed hard -, literally "dug." The word, like our "plowed the main," describes the great efforts which they made. Amid the violence …

Rowed hard.— This is a sufficient rendering of the Hebrew verb, though it misses the metaphor. In every other instance of…

But they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.

Their safety lay in the sacrifice—not in the labour. The…

This verse shows that the sailors and the others were more inclined to mercy when they saw that the holy Prophet was willing to undergo the punishm…

Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to bring [it] to the land ,
but they could not Or, "they …

The mariners rowed against wind and tide, the wind of God's displeasure, the tide of His counsel; but it is in vain to think of saving ourselves an…