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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv">Verse<a href="/bsb/ezekiel/14.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/14.htm">New International Version</a> even if these three men—Noah, Daniel and Job—were in it, they could save only themselves by their righteousness, declares the Sovereign LORD. <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/14.htm">New Living Translation</a> Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were there, their righteousness would save no one but themselves, says the Sovereign LORD. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/14.htm">English Standard Version</a> even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Lord GOD. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/14.htm">King James Bible</a> Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/14.htm">New King James Version</a> Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness,” says the Lord GOD. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> even though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job were in its midst, by their own righteousness they could only save themselves,” declares the Lord GOD. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/14.htm">NASB 1995</a> even though these three men, Noah, Daniel and Job were in its midst, by their own righteousness they could only deliver themselves,&#8221 declares the Lord GOD. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a> even though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job were in its midst, by their own righteousness they could only deliver themselves,” declares the Lord GOD. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> even though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job were in its midst, by their own righteousness they could only deliver themselves,” declares Lord Yahweh. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a> even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job were in that land, by their own righteousness (right standing with God) they could only save (deliver) themselves,” says the Lord GOD. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Even if these three men —Noah, Daniel, and Job —were in it, they would rescue only themselves by their righteousness.” This is the declaration of the Lord GOD. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness.&#8221 This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.&#8221 <a href="/asv/ezekiel/14.htm">American Standard Version</a> though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord Jehovah. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were living in that nation, their faithfulness would not save anyone but themselves. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/14.htm">English Revised Version</a> though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Even if these three men-Noah, Daniel, and Job-were in that country, they would, by their righteousness, rescue only themselves," declares the Almighty LORD. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/14.htm">Good News Translation</a> Even if those three men, Noah, Danel, and Job, were living there, their goodness would save only their own lives." The Sovereign LORD has spoken. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/14.htm">International Standard Version</a> Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job lived in that land, they would only save their own lives on account of their righteousness," declares the Lord GOD. <a href="/msb/ezekiel/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> then even if these three men?Noah, Daniel, and Job?were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD. <a href="/net/ezekiel/14.htm">NET Bible</a> Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would save only their own lives by their righteousness, declares the sovereign LORD. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, says the Lord GOD." <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver their own souls only by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD. <a href="/web/ezekiel/14.htm">World English Bible</a> though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only their own souls by their righteousness,” says the Lord Yahweh. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and [despite] these three men [that] have been in its midst: Noah, Daniel, and Job—they [only] deliver their own soul by their righteousness,” a declaration of Lord YHWH. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and these three men have been in its midst, Noah, Daniel, and Job -- they by their righteousness deliver their own soul -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And were these three men in its midst, Noah, Daniel, and Job, they by their justice shall deliver their souls, says the Lord Jehovah.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And if these three men, Noe, Daniel, and Job, shall be in it: they shall deliver their own souls by their justice, saith the Lord of hosts. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver their own souls by their justice, says the Lord of hosts. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/14.htm">New American Bible</a> even if these three were in it, Noah, Daniel, and Job, they could only save themselves by their righteousness—oracle of the Lord GOD. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> 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.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Though these three men, Noah, Daniel and Job were in the land, they would deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, says the LORD God. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And if these three men, Noah and Daniel and Job, would be in her, they would save themselves by their righteousness, says THE LORD OF LORDS<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD. <a href="/sep/ezekiel/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And though these three men should be in the midst of it, Noe, and Daniel, and Job, they alone should be delivered by their righteousness, saith the Lord. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/14-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=3257" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/14.htm">God's Irrevocable Sentence</a> …13“Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast, 14<a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: hā·’êl·leh (Art:: Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">then even if these</a> <a href="/hebrew/7969.htm" title="7969: šə·lō·šeṯ (Number-msc) -- A three, triad. Or shalosh; masculine shlowshah; or shloshah; a primitive number; three; occasionally third, or Thrice.">three</a> <a href="/hebrew/582.htm" title="582: hā·’ă·nā·šîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Man, mankind. From 'anash; properly, a mortal; hence, a man in general.">men—</a> <a href="/hebrew/5146.htm" title="5146: nō·aḥ (N-proper-ms) -- Rest, patriarch who survived the flood. The same as nuwach; rest; Noach, the patriarch of the flood.">Noah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1840.htm" title="1840: då̄·ni·ʾēl (N-proper-ms) -- In Ezekiel it is: Daniel; from Dan and 'el; judge of God; Daniel or Danijel, the name of two Israelites.">Daniel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/347.htm" title="347: wə·’î·yō·wḇ (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- A patriarch. From 'ayab; hated; Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience.">and Job—</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">were</a> <a href="/hebrew/8432.htm" title="8432: bə·ṯō·w·ḵāh (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3fs) -- Midst. From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. the centre.">in it,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: hêm·māh (Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6666.htm" title="6666: ḇə·ṣiḏ·qā·ṯām (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Righteousness. From tsadaq; rightness, subjectively, objectively, morally or figuratively.">their righteousness</a> <a href="/hebrew/5337.htm" title="5337: yə·naṣ·ṣə·lū (V-Piel-Imperf-3mp) -- To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver. ">could deliver</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">only themselves,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD.</a> 15Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/james/5-16.htm">James 5:16-18</a> Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail. / Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. / Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops. <a href="/hebrews/11-7.htm">Hebrews 11:7</a> By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. <a href="/2_peter/2-5.htm">2 Peter 2:5</a> if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight; <a href="/genesis/6-9.htm">Genesis 6:9</a> This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God. <a href="/job/1-1.htm">Job 1:1</a> There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil. <a href="/daniel/9-23.htm">Daniel 9:23</a> At the beginning of your petitions, an answer went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly precious. So consider the message and understand the vision: <a href="/genesis/18-23.htm">Genesis 18:23-32</a> Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked? / What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there? / Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?” ... <a href="/jeremiah/15-1.htm">Jeremiah 15:1</a> Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go! <a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm">1 Peter 3:20</a> who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water. <a href="/genesis/7-1.htm">Genesis 7:1</a> Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. <a href="/job/42-8.htm">Job 42:8</a> So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.” <a href="/daniel/6-22.htm">Daniel 6:22</a> My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.” <a href="/genesis/19-29.htm">Genesis 19:29</a> So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived. <a href="/2_peter/2-7.htm">2 Peter 2:7-8</a> and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless / (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)— <a href="/genesis/19-16.htm">Genesis 19:16</a> But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, said the Lord GOD.these<a href="/ezekiel/14-16.htm">Ezekiel 14:16,18,20</a> Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate… Noah<a href="/genesis/6-8.htm">Genesis 6:8</a> But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.<a href="/genesis/7-1.htm">Genesis 7:1</a> And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.<a href="/genesis/8-20.htm">Genesis 8:20,21</a> And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar… Daniel<a href="/ezekiel/28-3.htm">Ezekiel 28:3</a> Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:<a href="/daniel/9-21.htm">Daniel 9:21</a> Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.<a href="/daniel/10-11.htm">Daniel 10:11</a> And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.deliver<a href="/ezekiel/14-20.htm">Ezekiel 14:20</a> 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.<a href="/proverbs/11-4.htm">Proverbs 11:4</a> Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.<a href="/2_peter/2-9.htm">2 Peter 2:9</a> The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/14-11.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-6.htm">Daniel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-11.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-23.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/job/42-17.htm">Job</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-9.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-9.htm">Noah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-20.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-23.htm">Save</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-14.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-20.htm">Souls</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-11.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-9.htm">Three</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/14-16.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-20.htm">Daniel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-16.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-16.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-20.htm">Job</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-16.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-20.htm">Noah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-20.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-16.htm">Save</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-20.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-20.htm">Souls</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-16.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-16.htm">Three</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 14</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/14-1.htm">God answers idolaters according to their own heart</a> 6. <a href="/ezekiel/14-6.htm">They are exhorted to repent, for fear of judgments, by means of seduced prophets</a> 12. <a href="/ezekiel/14-12.htm">God's irrevocable sentence of famine</a> 15. <a href="/ezekiel/14-15.htm">of wild beasts</a> 17. <a href="/ezekiel/14-17.htm">of the sword</a> 19. <a href="/ezekiel/14-19.htm">and of pestilence</a> 22. <a href="/ezekiel/14-22.htm">A remnant shall be reserved for example of others</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/14.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it This phrase highlights the exceptional righteousness of Noah, Daniel, and Job, who are renowned figures in biblical history. Noah is known for his obedience and faithfulness in building the ark (Genesis 6-9), Daniel for his unwavering devotion to God despite living in exile (Daniel 1-6), and Job for his patience and integrity amidst suffering (Job 1-2). Their inclusion underscores the severity of the judgment being pronounced, as even their presence would not avert it. This reflects the high regard for their righteousness in Jewish tradition and serves as a standard against which the people of Israel are measured.their righteousness could deliver only themselves This emphasizes the personal nature of righteousness and accountability before God. It suggests that individual righteousness cannot be transferred or imputed to others, highlighting the principle that each person is responsible for their own relationship with God. This is consistent with other biblical teachings, such as in <a href="/deuteronomy/24-16.htm">Deuteronomy 24:16</a>, where it is stated that each person is to be put to death for their own sin, not for the sins of others. It also foreshadows New Testament teachings on personal salvation and accountability (<a href="/romans/14-12.htm">Romans 14:12</a>).declares the Lord GOD This phrase asserts the authority and sovereignty of God in making this declaration. It is a common prophetic formula that underscores the divine origin of the message. The use of "Lord GOD" (YHWH Elohim) emphasizes both the covenantal relationship God has with His people and His supreme power. This declaration serves as a reminder of God's ultimate authority and the seriousness of His pronouncements, reinforcing the certainty and inevitability of the judgment being described.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel conveyed God's messages to the Israelites, often using vivid imagery and symbolic actions. 2. <a href="/topical/n/noah.htm">Noah</a> Known for his righteousness and obedience, Noah was chosen by God to build the ark and preserve life during the great flood (Genesis 6-9). 3. <a href="/topical/d/daniel.htm">Daniel</a> A prophet and statesman in Babylon, Daniel was renowned for his unwavering faith and integrity, even in the face of persecution (Book of Daniel). 4. <a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a> A man of great patience and faith, Job endured immense suffering yet remained faithful to God, exemplifying righteousness and perseverance (Book of Job). 5. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The city facing impending judgment due to the people's persistent idolatry and sin, as addressed by Ezekiel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/r/righteousness_and_personal_responsibility.htm">Righteousness and Personal Responsibility</a> The verse emphasizes that individual righteousness is crucial and cannot be transferred to others. Each person is accountable for their own relationship with God. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_a_righteous_life.htm">The Power of a Righteous Life</a> Noah, Daniel, and Job serve as examples of how a righteous life can stand out in a corrupt world. Their accounts encourage believers to pursue personal holiness. <a href="/topical/j/judgment_and_mercy.htm">Judgment and Mercy</a> While God's judgment is inevitable for persistent sin, His mercy is available to those who seek righteousness. This balance is a recurring theme in Scripture. <a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_adversity.htm">Faithfulness in Adversity</a> The lives of these three men demonstrate that faithfulness to God is possible even in the most challenging circumstances, encouraging believers to remain steadfast. <a href="/topical/t/the_limitations_of_intercession.htm">The Limitations of Intercession</a> The verse highlights that even the intercession of the most righteous individuals cannot save others who persist in sin, underscoring the need for personal repentance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 14</a> <a href="/q/how_reconcile_noah,_daniel,_job_in_ezekiel.htm">How can the mention of “Noah, Daniel, and Job” in Ezekiel 14:14 be reconciled with their differing historical timelines? </a> <a href="/q/is_daniel's_mention_in_ezekiel_14_14_anachronistic.htm">Does the inclusion of Daniel in Ezekiel 14:14 suggest an anachronism, since the historical Daniel may have been a contemporary of Ezekiel? </a> <a href="/q/is_job_23_historically_or_literarily_based.htm">Is there any historical or archaeological basis to confirm the existence of Job or the context described in Job 23, or is it purely a literary construct? </a> <a href="/q/job_1_16-19__natural_or_symbolic.htm">Job 1:16–19 – Are there natural or scientific explanations for the rapid succession of disasters that befell Job, or is this account purely symbolic? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) Noah, Daniel, and Job.--These three are selected, doubtless, not only as examples of eminent holiness themselves, but as men who had been allowed to be the means of saving others. For Noah's sake his whole family had been spared (<a href="/genesis/6-18.htm" title="But with you will I establish my covenant; and you shall come into the ark, you, and your sons, and your wife, and your sons' wives with you.">Genesis 6:18</a>); Daniel was the means of saving his companions (<a href="/context/daniel/2-17.htm" title="Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:">Daniel 2:17-18</a>); and Job's friends had been spared in consequence of his intercession (<a href="/context/job/42-7.htm" title="And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends: for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.">Job 42:7-8</a>). Moses and Samuel might seem still more remarkable instances of the value of intercessory prayer; but these had already been cited by Jeremiah (<a href="/jeremiah/15-1.htm" title="Then said the LORD to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.">Jeremiah 15:1</a>). The mention of Daniel, a contemporary of Ezekiel, with the ancient patriarchs, Noah and Job, need occasion no surprise. The distance in time between Noah and Job was greater than between Job and Daniel, and it has been well said that there was need of the mention of a contemporary to bring out the thought--were there in Jerusalem the most holy men of either past or present times it would avail nothing. It is also to be remembered that Daniel was separated from Ezekiel by circumstances which created a distance between them corresponding to that which separated him in time from the patriarchs. Ezekiel was a captive among the captives; Daniel had now been for about twelve years in important office at the royal court, and possessed of the very highest rank. There is, therefore, no occasion for the strange supposition that the reference is to some older Daniel, of such eminence as to be spoken of in the way he is here and in <a href="/ezekiel/28-3.htm" title="Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from you:">Ezekiel 28:3</a>, and yet whose name has otherwise completely faded out from history. But besides all this, there was an especial propriety, and even necessity for the purpose in hand, that Daniel should be mentioned. He was not only in high office, but was the trusted counsellor of Nebuchadnezzar by whom Jerusalem was to be destroyed. He was also a very holy man, and a most patriotic Israelite. The Jews, therefore, might well have thought that his influence would avail to avert the threatened calamity, and by placing his name in the list. their last hope was to be dashed as it could be by nothing else. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/14-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>then even if these הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ (hā·’êl·leh) Article | Pronoun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> These, those three שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת (šə·lō·šeṯ) Number - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7969.htm">Strong's 7969: </a> Three, third, thrice men— הָאֲנָשִׁ֤ים (hā·’ă·nā·šîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_582.htm">Strong's 582: </a> Man, mankind Noah, נֹ֖חַ (nō·aḥ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5146.htm">Strong's 5146: </a> Noah -- 'rest', patriarch who survived the flood Daniel, דָּנִיֵּ֣אל‪‬ (dā·nî·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1840.htm">Strong's 1840: </a> Daniel -- 'God is my judge', the name of several Israelites and Job— וְאִיּ֑וֹב (wə·’î·yō·wḇ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_347.htm">Strong's 347: </a> Job -- a patriarch were וְ֠הָיוּ (wə·hā·yū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be in it, בְּתוֹכָ֔הּ (bə·ṯō·w·ḵāh) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8432.htm">Strong's 8432: </a> A bisection, the centre their righteousness בְצִדְקָתָם֙ (ḇə·ṣiḏ·qā·ṯām) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6666.htm">Strong's 6666: </a> Rightness, subjectively, objectively could deliver יְנַצְּל֣וּ (yə·naṣ·ṣə·lū) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5337.htm">Strong's 5337: </a> To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver only themselves, נַפְשָׁ֔ם (nap̄·šām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion declares נְאֻ֖ם (nə·’um) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> An oracle the Lord אֲדֹנָ֥י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> The Lord GOD. יְהוִֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/14-14.htm">Ezekiel 14:14 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/14-14.htm">Ezekiel 14:14 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/14-14.htm">Ezekiel 14:14 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/14-14.htm">Ezekiel 14:14 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/14-14.htm">Ezekiel 14:14 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/14-14.htm">Ezekiel 14:14 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/14-14.htm">Ezekiel 14:14 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/14-14.htm">Ezekiel 14:14 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/14-14.htm">Ezekiel 14:14 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/14-14.htm">Ezekiel 14:14 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-14.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 14:14 Though these three men Noah Daniel (Ezek. 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