Ezekiel 14:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord God, they would save neither sons nor daughters, but they alone would be saved.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord God, they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they themselves alone would be delivered.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ If these three men lived there, as surely as I live, proclaims the LORD God, they wouldn’t be able to rescue even their sons or daughters. They alone would be rescued.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ and if these three men were in its midst, as I live, says the Lord God, they will deliver neither sons, nor daughters, but only they themselves will be delivered.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And these three men be in the midst thereof: as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they themselves alone shall be delivered.

Ezekiel 14:18 Cross References

Jeremiah 27:18

If indeed they are prophets and the word of the Lord is with them, then let them intercede with the Lord of hosts, that the vessels left in the house of the Lord, in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem may not go to Babylon.

Ezekiel 12:15

And they shall know that I am the Lord when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them through the countries.

Ezekiel 14:14

even if Noah, Daniel, and Job, these three, were in it, they would save only their own lives by their righteousness, says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 14:16

even if these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord God, they would save neither sons nor daughters; they alone would be saved, but the land would be desolate.

Ezekiel 14:17

Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, “Let a sword pass through the land,” and I cut off humans and animals from it,

Ezekiel 14:19

Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out my wrath upon it with blood, to cut off humans and animals from it,