וַיַּחְתְּר֣וּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים לְהָשִׁ֛יב אֶל־הַיַּבָּשָׁ֖ה וְלֹ֣א יָכֹ֑לוּ כִּ֣י הַיָּ֔ם הוֹלֵ֥ךְ וְסֹעֵ֖ר עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
Ngunit nagsikap ang mga tao sa pagsagwan upang ibalik ang barko sa tuyong lupa, ngunit hindi nila nagawa, sapagkat lalo pang lumalakas ang unos sa dagat laban sa kanila.
Tikkunei Zohar
[The men wanted to return to the land (Jonah 1:13) in teshuvah and "were not able because the sea" which is the decree of judgment "was growing more and more stormy around them"]