Ezekiel 14:20
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
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.

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.

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
then as surely
אָ֗נִי (’ā·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

as I live,
חַי־ (ḥay-)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

declares
נְאֻם֙ (nə·’um)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5002: An oracle

the Lord
אֲדֹנָ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 136: The Lord

GOD,
יְהוִ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3069: YHWH

even if Noah,
וְנֹ֨חַ (wə·nō·aḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5146: Noah -- 'rest', patriarch who survived the flood

Daniel,
דָּנִיֵּ֣אל‪‬ (dā·nî·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1840: Daniel -- 'God is my judge', the name of several Israelites

and Job
וְאִיּוֹב֮ (wə·’î·yō·wḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 347: Job -- a patriarch

were in it,
בְּתוֹכָהּ֒ (bə·ṯō·w·ḵāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre

they could deliver
יַצִּ֑ילוּ (yaṣ·ṣî·lū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5337: To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver

neither
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

son
בֵּ֥ן (bên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1121: A son

nor
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

daughter.
בַּ֖ת (baṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1323: A daughter

Their righteousness
בְצִדְקָתָ֖ם (ḇə·ṣiḏ·qā·ṯām)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6666: Rightness, subjectively, objectively

could save
יַצִּ֥ילוּ (yaṣ·ṣî·lū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5337: To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver

only themselves.
נַפְשָֽׁם׃ (nap̄·šām)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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