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# these same three men
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Noah, Daniel, and Job
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# as I live
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"as surely as I am alive." Yahweh uses this expression to show that what he says next is certainly true. This is a way of making a solemn promise. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 5:11](../05/11.md). Alternate translation: "I solemnly swear" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# only their own lives would be rescued
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "they could only rescue their own lives" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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