Ezekiel 14:14

14 even if these three men—Noah, Daniel[a] and Job—were in it, they could save only themselves by their righteousness, declares the Sovereign LORD.

Ezekiel 14:14 in Other Translations

KJV
14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
ESV
14 even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Lord GOD.
NLT
14 Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were there, their righteousness would save no one but themselves, says the Sovereign LORD .
MSG
14 even if Noah, Daniel, and Job - the Big Three - were alive at the time, it wouldn't do the population any good. Their righteousness would only save their own lives." Decree of God, the Master.
CSB
14 even [if] these three men-Noah, Daniel, and Job-were in it, they would deliver [only] themselves by their righteousness." [This is] the declaration of the Lord God .

Ezekiel 14:14 In-Context

12 The word of the LORD came to me:
13 “Son of man, if a country sins against me by being unfaithful and I stretch out my hand against it to cut off its food supply and send famine upon it and kill its people and their animals,
14 even if these three men—Noah, Daniel and Job—were in it, they could save only themselves by their righteousness, declares the Sovereign LORD.
15 “Or if I send wild beasts through that country and they leave it childless and it becomes desolate so that no one can pass through it because of the beasts,
16 as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, even if these three men were in it, they could not save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved, but the land would be desolate.

Cross References 4

  • 1. Genesis 6:8
  • 2. ver 20; Ezekiel 28:3; Daniel 1:6; Daniel 6:13
  • 3. S Job 1:1
  • 4. S Genesis 6:9; S Job 42:9; Jeremiah 15:1; S Ezekiel 3:19; Ezekiel 18:20

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "Danel" , a man of renown in ancient literature; also in verse 20
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