Ezekiel 14:14-20

14even 1though theseH428 threeH7969 menH376, 2NoahH5146, 3DanielH1840 and 4JobH347 were in its midstH8432, by their own righteousnessH6666 they could only deliverH5337 5themselvesH5315,” declaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068. 15“IfH3863 I were to cause 6wildH7451 beastsH2421 to passH5674 through the landH776 and they 7depopulatedH7921 it, and it becameH1961 desolateH8077 soH4480H1097 that noH1097 oneH1097 would passH5674 throughH5674 it becauseH4480H6440 of the beastsH2421, 16though theseH428 threeH7969 menH376 were in its midstH8432, as I liveH2416,” declaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068, “they could not deliverH5337 eitherH518 their sonsH1121 orH518 their daughtersH1323. 8They aloneH905 would be deliveredH5337, but the countryH776 would be desolateH8077. 17OrH176 if I should 9bringH935 a swordH2719 on that countryH776 and sayH559, ‘Let the swordH2719 passH5674 through the countryH776 and 10cutH3772 offH3772 manH120 and beastH929 from it,’ 18even though theseH428 threeH7969 menH376 were in its midstH8432, as I liveH2416,” declaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068, “they could not deliverH5337 either their sonsH1121 or their daughtersH1323, but they aloneH905 would be deliveredH5337. 19OrH176 if I should sendH7971 a 11plagueH1698 againstH413 that countryH776 and pourH8210 out My wrathH2534 in bloodH1818 on it to cutH3772 offH3772 manH120 and beastH929 from it, 20even though NoahH5146, DanielH1840 and JobH347 were in its midstH8432, as I liveH2416,” declaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068, “they could not deliverH5337 eitherH518 their sonH1121 orH518 their daughterH1323. They would deliverH5337 only themselvesH5315 by their righteousnessH6666.”