Ezekiel Chapter 14 verse 16 Holy Bible
though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only should be delivered, but the land should be desolate.
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Even if these three men were in it, by my life, says the Lord, they would not keep safe their sons or daughters, but only themselves, and the land would be made waste.
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-- though these three men should be in it, [as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters: they only should be delivered, and the land should be a desolation.
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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.
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though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only should be delivered, but the land should be desolate.
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these three men in its midst: I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah -- neither sons nor daughters do they deliver; they alone are delivered, and the land is a desolation.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrewthen as surelyאָ֗נִי (’ā·nî)Pronoun - first person common singularStrong's 589: Ias I live,חַי־ (ḥay-)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, lifedeclaresנְאֻם֙ (nə·’um)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 5002: An oraclethe Lordאֲדֹנָ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 136: The LordGOD,יְהוִ֔ה (Yah·weh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3069: YHWHeven if theseהָאֵלֶּה֮ (hā·’êl·leh)Article | Pronoun - common pluralStrong's 428: These, thosethreeשְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת (šə·lō·šeṯ)Number - masculine singular constructStrong's 7969: Three, third, thricemenהָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים (hā·’ă·nā·šîm)Article | Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 376: A man as an individual, a male personwere in it,בְּתוֹכָהּ֒ (bə·ṯō·w·ḵāh)Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singularStrong's 8432: A bisection, the centrethey could notאִם־ (’im-)ConjunctionStrong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, notdeliverיַצִּ֑ילוּ (yaṣ·ṣî·lū)Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 5337: To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, delivertheir own sonsבָּנִ֥ים (bā·nîm)Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 1121: A sonorוְאִם־ (wə·’im-)Conjunctive waw | ConjunctionStrong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, notdaughters.בָּנ֖וֹת (bā·nō·wṯ)Noun - feminine pluralStrong's 1323: A daughterTheyהֵ֤מָּה (hêm·māh)Pronoun - third person masculine pluralStrong's 1992: Theyaloneלְבַדָּם֙ (lə·ḇad·dām)Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 905: Separation, a part of the body, branch of a, tree, bar for, carrying, chief ofwould be saved,יִנָּצֵ֔לוּ (yin·nā·ṣê·lū)Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 5337: To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliverbut the landוְהָאָ֖רֶץ (wə·hā·’ā·reṣ)Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 776: Earth, landwould beתִּהְיֶ֥ה (tih·yeh)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, bedesolate.שְׁמָמָֽה׃ (šə·mā·māh)Noun - feminine singularStrong's 8077: Devastation, astonishmentJump to PreviousAffirmation Alone Country Daughters Declares Deliver Delivered Desolate Desolation Either Live Midst Safe Save Sovereign Surely Themselves Three Waste
