Ezekiel 14:20
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
even [though] Noah,וְנֹ֨חַ
(ve·no·ach)
5146: "rest," patriarch who survived the floodfrom nuach
Daniel(דָּנִיאֵ֣ל
(da·ni·'el)
1840: "God is my judge," the name of several Isr.from din and el
and Jobוְאִיֹּוב֮
(ve·'i·yo·vv)
347: a patriarchof uncertain derivation
were in its midst,בְּתֹוכָהּ֒
(be·to·v·chah)
8432: midstof uncertain derivation
as I live,"חַי־
(chai-)
2416a: alive, livingfrom chayah
declaresנְאֻם֙
(ne·'um)
5002: utterancefrom an unused word
the Lordאֲדֹנָ֣י
(a·do·nai)
136: Lordan emphatic form of adon
GOD, 
(Yah·weh)
3068: the proper name of the God of Israelfrom havah
"they could not deliverיַצִּ֑ילוּ
(ya·tzi·lu;)
5337: to strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, delivera prim. root
eitherאִם־
(im-)
518: ifa prim. conjunction
[their] sonבֵּ֥ן
(ben)
1121: sona prim. root
orאִם־
(im-)
518: ifa prim. conjunction
[their] daughter.בַּ֖ת
(bat)
1323: daughterfrom ben
They would deliverיַצִּ֥ילוּ
(ya·tzi·lu)
5337: to strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, delivera prim. root
only themselvesנַפְשָֽׁם׃
(naf·sham.)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
by their righteousness."בְצִדְקָתָ֖ם
(ve·tzid·ka·tam)
6666: righteousnessfrom the same as tsedeq


















KJV Lexicon
Though Noah
Noach  (no'-akh)
rest; Noach, the patriarch of the flood -- Noah.
Daniel
Daniye'l  (daw-nee-yale')
judge of God; Daniel or Danijel, the name of two Israelites -- Daniel.
and Job
'Iyowb  (ee-yobe')
hated (i.e. persecuted); Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience -- Job.
were in it
tavek  (taw'-vek)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre -- among(-st), between, half, (there-,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), out (of), through, with(-in).
as I live
chay  (khah'-ee)
age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
saith
n'um  (neh-oom')
an oracle -- (hath) said, saith.
the Lord
'Adonay  (ad-o-noy')
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) -- (my) Lord.
GOD
Yhovih  (yeh-ho-vee')
God.
they shall deliver
natsal  (naw-tsal')
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
neither son
ben  (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
nor
'im  (eem)
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrog., whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when;
daughter
bath  (bath)
apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, first, old, owl, town, village.
they shall but deliver
natsal  (naw-tsal')
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
their own souls
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
by their righteousness
tsdaqah  (tsed-aw-kaw')
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity) -- justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
even though Noah, Daniel and Job were in its midst, as I live," declares the Lord GOD, "they could not deliver either their son or their daughter. They would deliver only themselves by their righteousness."

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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live"--the declaration of the Lord GOD--"they could not deliver their son or daughter. They would deliver only themselves by their righteousness."

International Standard Version
even though Noah, Daniel, and Job were among them, as I live" says the Lord GOD, "they couldn't save their own sons or daughters. They would only save their own souls due to their own righteousness."

NET Bible
Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign LORD, they could not save their own son or daughter; they would save only their own lives by their righteousness.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
As I live, declares the Almighty LORD, not even Noah, Daniel, and Job could, by their righteousness, rescue their sons or daughters. They could rescue only themselves.

King James 2000 Bible
Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, says the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall only deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
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