Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 14:18
American Standard Version
though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only should be delivered themselves.
Amplified® Bible
Though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord God, they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they themselves alone would be delivered.
Contemporary English Version
If these three men were in that nation when I punished it, not even their children would be spared. Only the three men would live.
Darby English Version
and these three men should be in it, [as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only themselves should be delivered.
Good News Bible
and even if those three men lived there---as surely as I, the Sovereign LORD, am the living God---they would not be able to save even their children, but only their own lives.
King James Version
Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.
New American Standard Bible
even {though} these three men were in its midst, as I live, declares the Lord GOD, "they could not deliver either {their} sons or {their} daughters, but they alone would be delivered."
New International Version
as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, even if these three men were in it, they could not save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved.
New King James Version
even though these three men were in it, as I live,' says the Lord GOD, 'they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but only they themselves would be delivered.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
even though these three men lived in its midst, as I live," declares the Lord GOD, "they could not deliver either their sons or their daughters, but they alone would receive deliverance.
Revised Standard Version
though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord GOD, they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they alone would be delivered.
Young's Literal Translation
and these three men in its midst: I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah -- they deliver not sons and daughters, for they alone are delivered.
