Ezekiel 20:14
“But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Ezekiel 20:14 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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 (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Aber ich handelte um meines Namens willen, auf daß er nicht entweiht würde vor den Augen der Nationen, vor deren Augen ich sie ausgeführt hatte.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Pero en atención á mi nombre hice porque no se infamase á la vista de las gentes, delante de cuyos ojos los saqué.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Porém fiz por favor a meu nome, para que não fosse profanado diante dos olhos das nações, diante de cujos olhos os tirei.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Eu agi por amor do Meu nome, para que não fosse profanado aos olhos das nações, diante das quais Eu os havia tirado do Egito.
📖 Ezekiel 20:14 in Context
12Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.
13But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
14But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
15Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
16Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
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