Ezekiel 20:14

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

But I acted for the sake of my name, to keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

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

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    But I wrought{H6213} for my name's{H8034} sake, that it should not be profaned{H2490} in the sight{H5869} of the nations,{H1471} in whose sight{H5869} I brought them out.{H3318}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    But I wrought{H6213}{(H8799)} for my name's{H8034} sake, that it should not be polluted{H2490}{(H8736)} before{H5869} the heathen{H1471}, in whose sight{H5869} I brought them out{H3318}{(H8689)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Yet I wolde not do it, for my names sake: lest it shulde be dishonoured before the Heithe, from the which I had caried them awaye.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But I had respect to my Name, that it shoulde not bee polluted before the heathen in whose sight I brought them out.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And I wrought for my names sake, lest it shoulde be defiled before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    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.

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 20:9 : 9 But I acted for the sake of my name, to keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they lived and where I had made myself known to them by bringing them out of Egypt.
  • Ezek 20:22 : 22 But I withdrew my hand and acted for the sake of my name, to keep it from being profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.
  • Ezek 36:22-23 : 22 Therefore, say to the house of Israel: 'This is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I am about to act, house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone. 23 I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have defiled among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I prove myself holy through you in their sight.
  • Eph 1:6 : 6 to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved.
  • Eph 1:12 : 12 so that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be to the praise of His glory.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ezek 20:6-10
    5 verses
    93%

    6 On that day I swore to them that I would bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most glorious of all lands.

    7 And I said to them, 'Each of you, get rid of the detestable things your eyes are set on, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.'

    8 But they rebelled against me and would not listen to me; none of them got rid of the detestable things their eyes were set on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and unleash my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

    9 But I acted for the sake of my name, to keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they lived and where I had made myself known to them by bringing them out of Egypt.

    10 So I brought them out of the land of Egypt and led them into the wilderness.

  • Ezek 20:20-24
    5 verses
    92%

    20 Sanctify my Sabbaths, and they will be a sign between me and you so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.'

    21 But the children rebelled against me. They did not walk in my statutes, and they did not keep my ordinances to obey them, though by them a person will live. They profaned my Sabbaths, so I said I would pour out my wrath on them and unleash my anger against them in the wilderness.

    22 But I withdrew my hand and acted for the sake of my name, to keep it from being profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.

    23 I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands,

    24 because they did not carry out my ordinances but rejected my statutes and profaned my Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on their fathers' idols.

  • Ezek 36:18-23
    6 verses
    81%

    18 So I poured out my wrath on them because of the blood they had shed on the land and because they had defiled it with their idols.

    19 I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the lands. I judged them according to their ways and their deeds.

    20 And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned my holy name, for it was said about them, 'These are the LORD's people, yet they had to leave his land.'

    21 But I had concern for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they had gone.

    22 Therefore, say to the house of Israel: 'This is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I am about to act, house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone.

    23 I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have defiled among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I prove myself holy through you in their sight.

  • Ezek 20:15-18
    4 verses
    80%

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

    16 because they rejected my ordinances, did not walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths, for their hearts followed after their idols.

    17 Yet my eye spared them from destruction, and I did not destroy them completely in the wilderness.

    18 I said to their children in the wilderness, 'Do not follow the statutes of your fathers, do not observe their ordinances, and do not defile yourselves with their idols.

  • Ezek 20:12-13
    2 verses
    78%

    12 Also, I gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between me and them, so they would know that I am the LORD who makes them holy.

    13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my statutes and rejected my ordinances—though by them a person will live if they do them—and they greatly profaned my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness to destroy them.

  • Isa 48:11
    78%

    11 For My own sake—yes, for My own sake—I will act. For how can My name be defiled? I will not give My glory to another.

  • Ezek 20:44
    76%

    44 Then you will know that I am the LORD when I deal with you for the sake of my name, not according to your evil ways or your corrupt practices, house of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • Ezek 39:7
    74%

    7 'I will make my holy name known among my people Israel, and I will no longer allow my holy name to be profaned. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.'

  • Lev 26:45
    74%

    45 For their sake, I will remember the covenant with their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations to be their God: I am the LORD.

  • Isa 48:9
    74%

    9 For the sake of My name, I delay My wrath; for My praise, I restrain it for you, so as not to cut you off.

  • Ps 106:8
    72%

    8 Yet He saved them for His name’s sake, to make His mighty power known.

  • Jer 2:7
    72%

    7 I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and its bounty. But you came and defiled my land. You made my inheritance detestable.

  • Ezek 14:11
    72%

    11 Then the house of Israel will no longer stray from me or defile themselves with all their transgressions. They will be my people, and I will be their God, declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • 2 Chr 7:20
    72%

    20 then I will uproot you from My land that I have given you, and I will reject this temple I have consecrated for My name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples.

  • Lev 22:32
    72%

    32 Do not profane My holy name, for I must be regarded as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD, who makes you holy.

  • Ezek 39:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24 I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and their transgressions, and I hid my face from them.

    25 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be zealous for my holy name.

  • Lev 20:23
    71%

    23 Do not follow the customs of the nations that I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.

  • Ezek 20:34
    71%

    34 I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you have been scattered, with a mighty hand, an outstretched arm, and with outpoured wrath.

  • Exod 9:16
    71%

    16 But I have raised you up for this purpose: that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

  • Num 14:22
    71%

    22 none of those who saw my glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, but who disobeyed me and tested me ten times,

  • Ezek 36:32
    71%

    32 I am not doing this for your sake, declares the Lord GOD. Be ashamed and humiliated for your conduct, O house of Israel!

  • Deut 9:28
    70%

    28 Otherwise, the land from which you brought us out will say, "The LORD was not able to bring them into the land he promised them, and because he hated them, he brought them out to kill them in the wilderness."

  • Jer 7:14
    70%

    14 So I will do to the house that bears my name, in which you trust, and to the place I gave to you and your ancestors, just as I did to Shiloh.

  • Ezek 39:27
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    27 When I bring them back from the nations and gather them from the lands of their enemies, I will show my holiness through them in the sight of many nations.

  • Ezek 43:8
    70%

    8 When they placed their threshold next to my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them, they defiled my holy name by their detestable practices. So I consumed them in my anger.

  • Ezek 20:28
    70%

    28 When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them, and they saw every high hill and every leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices there, provoked me with their offerings, placed their pleasing aromas, and poured out their drink offerings there.

  • Ezek 20:38
    70%

    38 I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against me. Even though I bring them out from the land where they are living, they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

  • Deut 9:14
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    14 Let me alone, so I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation stronger and more numerous than they are.'

  • Jer 13:11
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    11 For as the waistband clings to the waist of a man, so I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to me,' declares the LORD, 'to be my people, my renown, my praise, and my glory. But they would not listen.'

  • Isa 52:5
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    5 And now, what do I have here? declares the LORD. My people have been taken away for nothing, and their rulers mock, declares the LORD. And all day long, my name is constantly blasphemed.

  • Ezek 5:14
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    14 I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.

  • Ezek 20:42
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    42 Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I bring you into the land of Israel, the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to your ancestors.