14But 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.


In Context

11 And I gave them my statutes, and made known unto them mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them.

12 And I also gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Jehovah that hallow them.

13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they rejected mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them; and my sabbaths they greatly profaned: and I said I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

14 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.

15 And I also lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the ornament of all lands;

16 because they rejected mine ordinances and walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

Ezekiel 20:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:14But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:14But for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:14But 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:14But 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:14But 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:14But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:14But 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 Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:14And 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:14But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.