Ezekiel 14:14-20

New Catholic Bible

¹⁴ even if the three men, Noah, Daniel,^[a] and Job were there, they could save no one but themselves by their own righteousness, says the Lord God.

¹⁵ If I were to unleash wild animals throughout the land to ravage it, so that it would become a desolate wasteland through which no one could traverse because of the savage beasts, ¹⁶ even if those three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord God, they would save neither sons nor daughters; they alone would survive.

¹⁷ Or if I were to bring the sword down on that country, commanding the sword to pass through the land, isolating it from man and beast, ¹⁸ even if those three men were in it, says the Lord God, they would be unable to save either their sons or their daughters; they alone would be saved.

¹⁹ Or if I were to inflict a pestilence upon that land and pour out my wrath upon it with blood, destroying all people and animals with it, ²⁰ even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, says the Lord God, they would save neither son nor daughter; they would only save themselves by their righteousness.