World English Bible
"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."
— Ezekiel 20:14, World English Bible
“But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.”
“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. ”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.”
I gave them my statutes, and showed them my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them.
Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.
But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they didn't walk in my statutes, and they rejected my ordinances, which if a man keep, he shall live in them; and my Sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness, to consume them.
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.
Moreover also I swore to 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;
because they rejected my ordinances, and didn't walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
Nevertheless my eye spared them, and I didn't destroy them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.