American Standard Version
"Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and beast; "
— Ezekiel 14:17, American Standard Version
“Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:”
“Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and animal;”
““Or suppose I were to bring a sword against that land and say,‘Let a sword pass through the land,’ and I were to kill both people and animals.”
“Or if I bring the sword upon that land, and say to the sword: Pass through the land: and I destroy man and beast out of it:”
“Or if I send a sword against that land, and say, Sword, go through the land, cutting off from it man and beast:”
“Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:”
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.
If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the beasts;
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.
Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and beast;
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.
Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast;
though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither son nor daughter; they should but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.