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.

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.

WEB - 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.

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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