What does Ezekiel 14:20 mean?
ESV: even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, declares the Lord God, they would deliver neither son nor daughter. They would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness.
NIV: as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, even if Noah, Daniel and Job were in it, they could save neither son nor daughter. They would save only themselves by their righteousness.
NASB: even though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in its midst, as I live,' declares the Lord God, 'they could not save either their son or their daughter. They would save only themselves by their righteousness.'
CSB: Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live"—the declaration of the Lord God —"they could not rescue their son or daughter. They would rescue only themselves by their righteousness.
NLT: As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were there, they wouldn’t be able to save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved by their righteousness.
KJV: 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.
NKJV: even 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 themselves by their righteousness.”
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