Ezekiel 14:16
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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.then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.
In other translations
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.then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.
Hebrew words
שְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshet[the] threeH7969הָאֲנָשִׁיםha'anashimthe menH582הָאֵלֶּהha'eleh<the> theseH428בְּתוֹכָהּbetokhah[will be] in [the] midst of itH8432חַי־chai-[by] [the] lifeH2416אָנִי'aniof meH589נְאֻםne'um[the] utterance ofH5002אֲדֹנָי'adonai[the] LordH136יְהוִהyahwehYahwehH3069אִם־'im-ifH518בָּנִיםbanimsonsH1121וְאִם־ve'im-and ifH518בָּנוֹתbanotdaughtersH1323יַצִּילוּyatziluthey will deliverH5337הֵמָּהhemahtheyH1992לְבַדָּםlevadamto alone themH905יִנָּצֵלוּyinatzeluthey will be deliveredH5337וְהָאָרֶץveha'aretzand the landH776תִּהְיֶהtihyehit will beH1961שְׁמָמָה׃shemamaha desolationH8077
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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