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.


In Context

11 I gave them my decrees and made known to them my laws, for the man who obeys them will live by them.

12 Also I gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between us, so they would know that I the LORD made them holy.

13 " 'Yet the people of Israel rebelled against me in the desert. They did not follow my decrees but rejected my laws- although the man who obeys them will live by them-and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and destroy them in the desert.

14 But 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.

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

16 because they rejected my laws and did not follow my decrees and desecrated my Sabbaths. For their hearts were devoted to 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 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 Darby Bible Translation 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 had 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.