Ezekiel 20:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But I acted for the sake of my name, so that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But I acted for My name's sake, that it should not be profaned before the [heathen] nations in whose sight I brought them out.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

But instead, I acted for the sake of my name so that it wouldn’t be degraded in the sight of the nations who saw me lead them out of Egypt.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But I acted for the sake of my name, lest it be violated before the Gentiles, from whom I cast them out, in their sight.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But I spared them for the sake of my name, lest it should be profaned before the nations from which I brought them out in their sight.

Ezekiel 20:14 Cross References

Isaiah 48:11

For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for why should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.

Ezekiel 20:13

But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness; they did not observe my statutes but rejected my ordinances, by whose observance everyone shall live, and my Sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I thought I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to make an end of them.

Ezekiel 20:15

Moreover, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most glorious of all lands,

Ezekiel 20:22

But I withheld my hand and acted for the sake of my name, so that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.

Ezekiel 20:9

But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 39:7

My holy name I will make known among my people Israel, and I will not let my holy name be profaned any more, and the nations shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel.

Ephesians 1:12

so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his glory.

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.