Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
and I acted for the sake of my name, [that it] not be profaned before the eyes of the nations {before whom I brought them out}.
New American Standard Bible
But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, before whose sight I had brought them out.
King James Version
But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
Holman Bible
But I acted because of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
International Standard Version
I did this so my reputation wouldn't be tarnished among the nations in whose presence I had brought them out.
A Conservative Version
But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.
American Standard Version
But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.
Amplified
But I acted for My Name’s sake, that it would not be profaned in the sight of the [pagan] nations in whose sight I had brought them out [of slavery].
Bible in Basic English
And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean in the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had taken them out.
Darby Translation
But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.
Julia Smith Translation
And I shall do for sake of my name, that it was not polluted before the eyes of the nations which I brought them forth before their eyes
King James 2000
But I acted for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.
Modern King James verseion
But I worked for My name's sake, so that it should not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I brought them out.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yet I would not do it, for my name's sake: lest it should be dishonored before the Heathen, from the which I had carried them away.
NET Bible
I acted for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
New Heart English Bible
But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.
The Emphasized Bible
Howbeit I wrought with effect for the sake of mine own Name, - that it should not b profaned in the eyes of the nations, in whose eyes I had brought them forth.
Webster
But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
World English Bible
But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I do it for My name's sake, Not to pollute it before the eyes of the nations, Before whose eyes I brought them forth.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 20:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Dealings With Israel For His Name's Sake
13 "But in the desert the house of Israel rebelled against me; {they did not walk in my statutes}, and they rejected my regulations, which, if a person does them, he will live by them, and they greatly profaned my Sabbaths, and I decided to pour out my rage on them in the desert to destroy them, 14 and I acted for the sake of my name, [that it] not be profaned before the eyes of the nations {before whom I brought them out}. 15 And also {I myself swore} to them in the desert not to bring them into the land that I had given [to them], flowing with milk and honey--it [is the most] beautiful of all of the lands--
Cross References
Ezekiel 20:9
"But I acted for the sake of my name {to keep it from being profaned} before the eyes of the nations {among whom they lived}, where I made known to them before their eyes, to bring them out from the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 20:22
But I withheld my hand, and I acted for the sake of my name not to be profaned before the eyes of the nations [before] whom I [had] brought them out before their eyes.
Ezekiel 36:22-23
"Therefore thus say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "{Not for your sake} [am] I about to act, house of Israel, {but} {for my holy name}, which you defiled among the nations {to which you went}.
Ephesians 1:6
to the praise of the glory of his grace that he bestowed on us in the beloved,
Ephesians 1:12
[that] we who hoped beforehand in Christ should be for the praise of his glory,