Ezekiel 14:18
16 then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.
17 Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I cut off from it both man and beast,
then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered.
19 Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out My wrath upon it through bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast,
20 then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered.
- KJV
- Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.
- WEB
- though these three men were in it, as I live,” says the Lord GOD, “they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only would be delivered themselves.
- ASV
- though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only should be delivered themselves.
- DARBY
- and these three men should be in it, [as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only themselves should be delivered.
- BLB
- even if these three men [were] in the midst of it—[as] I live, a declaration of the Lord YHWH—they could not deliver the sons and daughters, but they themselves alone would be delivered.
- ÅB
- og disse tre menn var der i landet, da skulle de, så sant jeg lever, sier Herren, Israels Gud, ikke kunne berge sønner eller døtre, bare de selv skulle bli berget.
- OTB
- så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, selv om disse tre menn var i det, kunne de ikke redde sine sønner eller døtre. De alene ville bli reddet.
- B1930
- og disse tre menn var der i landet, da skulde de, så sant jeg lever, sier Herren, Israels Gud, ikke kunne berge sønner eller døtre, bare de selv skulde bli berget.