Ezekiel 14:20 “then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel,…”

Ezekiel 14:20

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

World English Bible

though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live,” says the Lord GOD, “they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they would deliver only their own souls by their righteousness.”

American Standard Version

though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither son nor daughter; they should but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

Geneva Bible 1599

And though Noah, Daniel and Iob were in the middes of it, As I liue, sayth the Lord God, they shall deliuer neither sonne nor daughter: they shall but deliuer their owne soules by their righteousnes.

Darby Translation

and Noah, Daniel, and Job should be in it, [as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither son nor daughter: they should [but] deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

Young's Literal Translation

and Noah, Daniel, and Job, in its midst: I live — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah — neither son nor daughter do they deliver; they, by their righteousness, deliver their own soul.

Bible in Basic English

Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, by my life, says the Lord, they would not keep son or daughter safe; only themselves would they keep safe through their righteousness.

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Cross references

“Noah”

Ezekiel 14:14 Ezekiel 14:16

Ezekiel 14:14 · BSB

then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 14:16 · 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, but the land would be desolate.

“by”

1 John 3:10 Ezekiel 18:22 Job 5:19–24 Isaiah 3:10 Hosea 10:12 Zephaniah 2:3

1 John 3:10 · BSB

By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.

Ezekiel 18:22 · BSB

None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. Because of the righteousness he has practiced, he will live.

Job 5:19–24 · BSB

He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.

Isaiah 3:10 · BSB

Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.

Hosea 10:12 · BSB

Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.

Zephaniah 2:3 · BSB

Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19Or 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,

21For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?

Read Ezekiel 14