¹⁴ even if these three legendary men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were all living in that country, they could save only themselves by their righteousness. ¹⁵ Suppose I send wild beasts into that land and they kill the people, and the place becomes so desolate and dangerous because of the animals that no one dares to travel through the land. ¹⁶ As surely as I, the Eternal Lord, live, even if these three men were living there, they could not save their own sons and daughters. Only those three righteous men would be saved, and the land would become a wilderness.