¹⁸ though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only should be delivered themselves.

^{19 Ref} Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath on it in blood, to cut off from it man and animal;

^{20 Ref} though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, they should deliver neither son nor daughter; they should but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.