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# these same three men
Noah, Daniel, and Job
# as I live
"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]])
# only their own lives would be rescued
This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "they could only rescue their own lives" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])